Evidence for increased collagenolysis by interstitial collagenases-1 and -3 in vulnerable human atheromatous plaques

Circulation

Volumn 99, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 2503-2509

  Sukhova, Galina K ^a   Schönbeck, Uwe ^a   Rabkin, Elena ^a   Schoen, Frederick J ^a   Poole, A Robin ^b   Billinghurst, R Clark ^c   Libby, Peter ^a,d  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cells; Collagen; Enzymes

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGENASE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; COLLAGEN DEGRADATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAPHENOUS VEIN; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 0345465669     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.99.19.2503     Document Type: Article

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