A farewell kiss triggers a broken heart?

Circulation Research

Volumn 98, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1117-1119

  Flavahan, Nicholas A ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD28 ANTIGEN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN; CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; GRANZYME B; HLA DR ANTIGEN; KILLER CELL ACTIVATING RECEPTOR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; KILLER CELL IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIKE RECEPTOR; LIPID; LYMPHOCYTE FUNCTION ASSOCIATED ANTIGEN 1; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; PERFORIN; PROTEINASE; SCLEROPROTEIN; STRONTIUM; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR RELATED APOPTOSIS INDUCING LIGAND;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; APOPTOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CYTOTOXIC T LYMPHOCYTE; EDITORIAL; HEART; HUMAN; MACROPHAGE; NATURAL KILLER CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; T LYMPHOCYTE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; ACUTE DISEASE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; IMMUNOLOGY; KILLER CELL; NOTE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SYNDROME; THROMBOSIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CORONARY DISEASE; HUMANS; KILLER CELLS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; SYNDROME; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33745024357     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.RES.0000223519.26857.5d     Document Type: Editorial

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