NGF, BDNF, leptin, and mast cells in human coronary atherosclerosis and metabolic syndrome

Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 357-360

  Chaldakov, G N ^a   Fiore, M ^a   Stankulov, I S ^a   Hristova, M ^a   Antonelli, A ^a   Manni, L ^a   Ghenev, P I ^a   Angelucci, F ^a   Aloe, L ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

BDNF; Coronary atherosclerosis; Human; Leptin; Mast cells; Metabolic syndrome; NGF

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL SURFACE RECEPTOR; CYTOKINE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; INTERLEUKIN 6; LEPTIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P75; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAST CELL; METABOLIC SYNDROME X;

BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEPTIN; MALE; MAST CELLS; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR;

EID: 0035496986     PISSN: 13813455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/apab.109.4.357.4249     Document Type: Article

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