Phagocytosis of apoptotic cells by macrophages is impaired in atherosclerosis

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1256-1261

  Schrijvers, Dorien M ^a   De Meyer, Guido R Y ^a   Kockx, Mark M ^a,b   Herman, Arnold G ^a   Martinet, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atherosclerosis; Macrophages; Oxidative stress; Phagocytosis

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; CHOLESTEROL; FREE RADICAL; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL STRAIN U937; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDARTERECTOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MACROPHAGE; NICK END LABELING; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; RAT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TONSIL;

AGED; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CYTOPLASM; ERYTHROCYTES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MACROPHAGES, PERITONEAL; MALE; MICE; NECROSIS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHAGOCYTOSIS; RABBITS; TONSIL; U937 CELLS;

EID: 20144363054     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000166517.18801.a7     Document Type: Article

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