Chlamydial lipopolysaccharide (cLPS) is present in atherosclerotic and aneurysmal arterial wall-cLPS levels depend on disease manifestation

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 48-54

  Vikatmaa, Pirkka ^a   Lajunen, Taina ^b   Ikonen, Tuija S ^a,c   Pussinen, Pirkko J ^a,d   Lepäntalo, Mauri ^a   Leinonen, Maija ^b   Saikku, Pekka ^e  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Atherosclerosis; Chlamydia pneumoniae; Chlamydial lipopolysaccharide; cLPS; LBP

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE BINDING PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; AORTA OCCLUSION; AORTIC ARTERIOTOMY; ARTERIOTOMY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ARTERY SURGERY; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INNATE IMMUNITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SERUM; SYMPTOM; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 70849128216     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2008.10.012     Document Type: Article

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