Upregulation of CD40 and CD40 ligand (CD154) in patients with moderate hypercholesterolemia

Circulation

Volumn 104, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 2395-2400

  Garlichs, C D ^a   John, S ^a   Schmeier, A ^b   Eskafi, S ^c   Stumpf, C ^c   Karl, M ^c   Goppelt Struebe, M ^a   Schmieder, R ^a   Daniel, W G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b University Heart Center Dresden   (Germany)

^c Erlangen nu'Rnberg ^*

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Hypercholesterolemia; Immune system; Inflammation; P selectin

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CD40 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; GLYCOPROTEIN GP 39; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; PADGEM PROTEIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MONOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0035856535     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc4501.099312     Document Type: Article

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