Chlamydia pneumoniae Stimulates Proliferation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Through Induction of Endogenous Heat Shock Protein 60

Circulation Research

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 710-716

  Hirono, Satoru ^b   Dibrov, Elena ^b   Hurtado, Cecilia ^b   Kostenuk, Annette ^b   Ducas, Robin ^b   Pierce, Grant N ^a  

^a ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coronary disease; Infection; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 70; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 90; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; CHAPERONIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENETIC CODE; HYPOTHESIS; MITOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RISK FACTOR; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; UMBILICAL VEIN; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VIRUS INFECTION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CELLS, CULTURED; CHAPERONIN 60; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; RABBITS;

EID: 0142120088     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000095720.46043.F2     Document Type: Article

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