Quantitative analysis of apoptotic markers in human end-stage heart failure

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-132

  Bott Flügel, Lorenz ^a   Weig, Hans Jörg ^a   Ühlein, Heiko ^a   Nabauer, Michael ^b   Laugwitz, Karl Ludwig ^a   Seyfarth, Melchior ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Caspase 3; Contractile proteins; Heart failure

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; ALPHA ACTININ; CASPASE 3; DNA FRAGMENT; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE SEVERITY; DNA DEGRADATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ACTININ; ACTINS; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; APOPTOSIS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CASPASE 3; CHRONIC DISEASE; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; TROPOMYOSIN; TROPONIN I;

EID: 38949135970     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejheart.2007.12.013     Document Type: Article

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