Endothelial apoptosis does not determine symptom status in carotid artery disease

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-34

  Nuotio, Krista ^a,b,e   Mäyränpää, Mikko I ^c   Saksi, Jani ^a,b   Ijäs, Petra ^a,b   Sairanen, Tiina ^b   Carpén, Olli ^a,b   Soinne, Lauri ^b   Saimanen, Eija ^d   Salonen, Oili ^b   Lepäntalo, Mauri ^b   Kovanen, Petri T ^c   Kaste, Markku ^b   Lindsberg, Perttu J ^a,b  

^a BIOMEDICUM HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c WIHURI RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d SOUTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e Neuroscience Program   (Finland)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Atherosclerosis; Carotid artery disease; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 3; FAS ANTIGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ARTERY ENDOTHELIUM; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CELL RENEWAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NICK END LABELING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; SAMPLE SIZE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD95; APOPTOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL; CAROTID STENOSIS; CASPASE 3; CELL ADHESION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FAS LIGAND PROTEIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33846271806     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095755     Document Type: Article

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