Initiation and progression of atherosclerosis - Enzymatic or oxidative modification of low-density lipoprotein?

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1389-1394

  Torzewski, Michael ^a   Lackner, Karl J ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Enzymatically modified low density lipoprotein (E LDL); Lipoproteins; Macrophage; Oxidized LDL (OxLDL)

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL ESTERASE; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C5B; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; HYDROLASE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLASMIN;

ARTERY INTIMA; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHOLESTEROL ESTERASE; HUMANS; HYDROLASES; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES;

EID: 33845711460     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14346621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2006.259     Document Type: Review

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