Human connective tissue growth factor is expressed in advanced atherosclerotic lesions

Circulation

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 831-839

  Oemar, Barry S ^a,e   Werner, Annick ^a   Garnier, Jean Marie ^b   Do, Dai Do ^a   Godoy, Nelson ^a   Nauck, Markus ^c   März, Winfried ^c   Rupp, Joachim ^d   Pech, Michael ^d   Lüscher, Thomas F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b INSTITUT DE GÉNÉTIQUE ET DE BIOLOGIE MOLÉCULAIRE ET CELLULAIRE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

arteriosclerosis; carotid arteries; endothelium; growth substances; stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CELL CULTURE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA LIBRARY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NORTHERN BLOTTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN RNA BINDING; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER;

EID: 16944364613     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.95.4.831     Document Type: Article

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