In vivo imaging of proteolytic activity in atherosclerosis

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 2766-2771

  Chen, Jiqiu ^a   Tung, Ching Hsuan ^a   Mahmood, Umar ^a   Ntziachristos, Vasilis ^a   Gyurko, Robert ^a   Fishman, Mark C ^a   Huang, Paul L ^a   Weissleder, Ralph ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cathepsin B; Enzymes; Imaging

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CATHEPSIN B; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEINASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; TOMOGRAPHY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANIMALS; AORTA; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CATHEPSIN B; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; RNA, MESSENGER; TOMOGRAPHY; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 0037062686     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000017860.20619.23     Document Type: Article

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