Vascular-associated lymphoid tissue in swine (Sus scrofa)

Comparative Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 168-173

  Langohr, Ingeborg M ^a,b   HogenEsch, Harm ^a   Stevenson, Gregory W ^a   Sturek, Michael ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADVENTITIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTERY; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENIC DIET; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL INFILTRATION; CHOLESTEROL DIET; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EXERCISE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTIMA; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE AGGREGATION; LIPID DIET; LOW FAT DIET; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; SWINE; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUNICA MEDIA; VASCULAR ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE; VASCULARIZATION; ABDOMINAL AORTA; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; THORACIC AORTA;

ANIMALS; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTA, THORACIC; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPHOID TISSUE; MALE; OBESITY; SWINE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 45949108969     PISSN: 15320820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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