Heat shock protein 27: Its potential role in vascular disease

International Journal of Experimental Pathology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 253-274

  Ferns, Gordon ^a,b   Shams, Sedigheh ^a   Shafi, Shahida ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atherosclerosis; Chaperonin; Hsp27; Vascular cells

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; 4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 METHYLSULFINYLPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; 4 (4 FLUOROPHENYL) 2 (4 NITROPHENYL) 5 (4 PYRIDYL)IMIDAZOLE; ALPHA 1 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ALPHA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANESTHETIC AGENT; BCG VACCINE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHAPERONE; CHAPERONIN; F ACTIN; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 27; HERBIMYCIN A; MIDAZOLAM; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38 INHIBITOR; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE INHIBITOR; PRAZOSIN; PROPRANOLOL; THYROXINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA ANTIBODY; YOHIMBINE;

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; APOPTOSIS; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CREUTZFELDT JAKOB DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; GENE CONTROL; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; HEART DISEASE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEAT TOLERANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFLAMMATION; INTRON; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; MACROPHAGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OVARY CANCER; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN AGGREGATION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DENATURATION; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR DISEASE;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HEAT-SHOCK PROTEINS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; MOLECULAR CHAPERONES; NEOPLASMS; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR DISEASES;

EID: 33745887473     PISSN: 09599673     EISSN: 13652613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2613.2006.00484.x     Document Type: Review

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