Regulation of endothelial cell apoptosis in atherothrombosis

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 531-536

  Dimmeler, Stefanie ^a   Haendeler, Judith ^a   Zeiher, Andreas M ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

APOPTOSIS; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION STATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ANIMAL; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEEDBACK, BIOCHEMICAL; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0036774759     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00041433-200210000-00009     Document Type: Review

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