Proteolysis of pericellular matrix: A process linking inflammation to plaque destabilization and rupture

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2205-2206

  Lindstedt, Ken A ^a   Kovanen, Petri T ^a  

^a WIHURI RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHYMASE; FIBRONECTIN; GRANZYME B; PROTEINASE;

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; APOPTOSIS; ARTERY INTIMA; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ATHEROGENESIS; CELL DEATH; CELL GROWTH; EDITORIAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOAM CELL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INFLAMMATION; MAST CELL; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; STROMA CELL;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; INFLAMMATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; RUPTURE;

EID: 10644258116     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000149753.74793.88     Document Type: Editorial

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