Monoclonal T-cell proliferation and plaque instability in acute coronary syndromes

Circulation

Volumn 101, Issue 25, 2000, Pages 2883-2888

  Liuzzo, Giovanna ^a   Goronzy, Jörg J ^a   Yang, Hongyu ^a   Kopecky, Stephen L ^a   Holmes, David R ^a   Frye, Robert L ^a   Weyand, Cornelia M ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Angina; Cytokines; Immune system; Lymphocytes; Plaque

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHERECTOMY; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 0034720851     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.101.25.2883     Document Type: Article

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