Toll-like receptor 4 polymorphisms and atherogenesis

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 347, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 185-192

  Kiechl, Stefan ^a,g   Lorenz, Eva ^c   Reindl, Markus ^a   Wiedermann, Christian J ^b   Oberhollenzer, Friedrich ^d   Bonora, Enzo ^e   Willeit, Johann ^a   Schwartz, David A ^f  

^a Department of Neurology ^*  (Austria)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BRUNECK HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^f DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE PHASE PROTEIN; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; CYTOKINE; FIBRINOGEN; GLYCINE; INTERLEUKIN 6; ISOLEUCINE; THREONINE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY MEDIA; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFLAMMATION; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THICKNESS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 0037130195     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa012673     Document Type: Article

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