Increased expression and translocation of lysosomal cathepsins contribute to macrophage apoptosis in atherogenesis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1030, Issue , 2004, Pages 427-433

  Li, Wei ^a,b   Yuan, Xi Ming ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atherosclerosis; Cathepsins; Lysosomes; Macrophages; Oxidized lipids

Indexed keywords

7BETA HYDROXYCHOLESTEROL; CATHEPSIN B; CATHEPSIN D; CATHEPSIN L; CATHEPSIN S; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

APOPTOSIS; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CELL VACUOLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOCHEMISTRY; CYTOPLASM; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FOAM CELL; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID OXIDATION; LYSOSOME; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 15044344243     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1329.053     Document Type: Conference Paper

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