Significance of peptidoglycan, a proinflammatory bacterial antigen in atherosclerotic arteries and its association with vulnerable plaques

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 119-123

  Laman, Jon D ^a,d   Schoneveld, Arjan H ^b   Moll, Frans L ^c   Van Meurs, Marjan ^a   Pasterkamp, Gerard ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c ST ANTONIUS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 2;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY MUSCLE; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY; CYTOPLASM; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

AGED; CADAVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PHENOTYPE; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 2; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 0037099477     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02432-3     Document Type: Article

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