Atorvastatin reduces expression of leukocyte adhesion molecules in patients with hypercholesterolemia [2]

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 197-198

  Štulc, Tomáš ^a   Vrablík, Michal ^a   Kasalová, Zdislava ^a   Česka, Richard ^a   Marinov, Iuri ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

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Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXY 3 METHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A; ALPHA4 INTEGRIN; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ATORVASTATIN; BETA1 INTEGRIN; CD11B ANTIGEN; CD18 ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CHOLESTEROL; ENDOTHELIAL LEUKOCYTE ADHESION MOLECULE 1; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; L SELECTIN; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; PADGEM PROTEIN; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; HEPTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PYRROLE DERIVATIVE;

CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LYMPHOCYTE; MONOCYTE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REPERFUSION INJURY; STUDENT T TEST; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CLINICAL TRIALS; FEMALE; HEPTANOIC ACIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PYRROLES;

EID: 0037212724     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-9150(02)00314-3     Document Type: Article

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