Interleukin-15 expression in atherosclerotic plaques: An alternative pathway for T-cell activation in atherosclerosis?

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1208-1213

  Houtkamp, Mischa A ^a   Van Der Wal, Allard C ^a   De Boer, Onno J ^a   Van Der Loos, Chris M ^a   De Boer, Piet A J ^a   Moorman, Antoon F M ^a   Becker, Anton E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cell mediated immunity; Interleukin 15; Macrophages; T cell activation

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CD40 LIGAND; INTERLEUKIN 15; MESSENGER RNA; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; THYMIDINE; TRITIUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; MACROPHAGE; MALE; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION;

EID: 0035722171     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hq0701.092162     Document Type: Article

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