Matrix metalloproteinase hypothesis of plaque rupture: Players keep piling up but questions remain

Circulation

Volumn 104, Issue 16, 2001, Pages 1878-1880

  Shah, Prediman K ^a   Galis, Zorina S ^b  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Collagen; Editorials; Inflammation; Metalloproteinases

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN G; CD40 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGENASE; COLLAGENASE 3; CYTOKINE; ENZYME PRECURSOR; GELATINASE; HYPOCHLOROUS ACID; INTERSTITIAL COLLAGENASE; LIGAND; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MACROPHAGE ELASTASE; MATRILYSIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; NEUTROPHIL COLLAGENASE; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; STROMELYSIN; STROMELYSIN 2;

APOPTOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; EDITORIAL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOAM CELL; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0035899894     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/circ.104.16.1878     Document Type: Editorial

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