Application of stereological methods for the quantification of VCAM-1 and ICAM-1 expression in early stages of rabbit atherogenesis

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 219-229

  Nachtigal, Petr ^a   Semecky, Vladimir ^a   Kopecky, Martin ^a   Gojova, Andrea ^a   Solichova, Dagmar ^b   Zdansky, Petr ^b   Zadak, Zdenek ^b  

^a Charles University in Prague Faculty of Pharmacy   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Atherogenesis; Cholesterol fed rabbits; ICAM 1; Stereology; VCAM 1

Indexed keywords

INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE 1; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FOOD INTAKE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RABBIT; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; STEREOMETRY; UPREGULATION;

EID: 3242707062     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2004.02.008     Document Type: Article

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