Human abdominal aortic aneurysm is characterized by decreased versican concentration and specific downregulation of versican isoform V0

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 367-376

  Theocharis, Achilleas D ^a   Tsolakis, Ioannis ^b   Hjerpe, Anders ^c   Karamanos, Nikos K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal aorta; Aneurysm; Glycosaminoglycans; Proteoglycans; Versican

Indexed keywords

GUANIDINE; LYASE; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEOGLYCAN; TRITON X 100; VERSICAN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA PROBES; DOWN-REGULATION; HUMANS; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PROTEOCHONDROITIN SULFATES; PROTEOGLYCANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; VERSICANS;

EID: 0035126306     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(00)00504-9     Document Type: Article

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