KLF4: A novel target for the treatment of atherosclerosis

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 845-847

  Yan, Fang fang ^a   Liu, Yun Fang ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Zhao, Yu Xia ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; IN VIVO STUDY; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; TUMOR GROWTH; UPREGULATION;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOKINES; DISEASE PROGRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MACROPHAGES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 40149101438     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.07.031     Document Type: Article

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