Zinc fingers in the pizza pie aorta

Circulation Research

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 687-689

  Homeister, Jonathon W ^a   Patterson, Cam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial cells; Macrophages; Transcription factors

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 2; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; THROMBOMODULIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1; ZINC FINGER PROTEIN; APOLIPOPROTEIN E; FABP4 PROTEIN, MOUSE; FATTY ACID BINDING PROTEIN; KLF2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ADIPOGENESIS; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL TYPE; DRUG MECHANISM; EDITORIAL; GENE CONTROL; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; LIPID METABOLISM; MONOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; ATHEROGENIC DIET; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FOAM CELL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE MUTANT; NOTE; VASCULITIS;

ANIMALS; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIET, ATHEROGENIC; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FATTY ACID-BINDING PROTEINS; FOAM CELLS; KRUPPEL-LIKE TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MONOCYTES; VASCULITIS;

EID: 54449087904     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.108.185769     Document Type: Editorial

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