Role of the soluble pattern recognition receptor PTX3 in vascular biology

Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 723-738

  Presta, Marco ^a,c   Camozzi, Maura ^a   Salvatori, Giovanni ^b   Rusnati, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Sigma Tau SpA   (Italy)

^c General Pathology   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Atherosclerosis; Bacteria; Complement; Cytokines; Extracellular matrix; FGF; Pentraxin; Restenosis; Vasculitis

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; LIGAND; NERVE PROTEIN; NEURONAL PENTRAXIN; PATTERN RECOGNITION RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD VESSEL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; REVIEW; SOLUBILITY; VASCULAR DISEASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; HUMANS; LIGANDS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, PATTERN RECOGNITION; SOLUBILITY; VASCULAR DISEASES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 34548189432     PISSN: 15821838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1582-4934.2007.00061.x     Document Type: Review

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