Myeloperoxidase and cardiovascular disease

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1102-1111

  Nicholls, Stephen J ^a   Hazen, Stanley L ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Free radical; Heart failure; High density lipoprotein; Low density lipoprotein; Myeloperoxidase; Nitric oxide; Scavenger receptor; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MYELOPEROXIDASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; LIPID PEROXIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TISSUE INJURY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; PEROXIDASE; VASCULITIS;

EID: 20144383475     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000163262.83456.6d     Document Type: Short Survey

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