Plasma concentrations of growth arrest specific protein 6 and the soluble form of its tyrosine kinase receptor Axl as markers of large abdominal aortic aneurysms

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 110-114

  Ekman, Carl ^a   Site, Despina Flondell ^b   Gottsäter, Anders ^b   Lindblad, Bengt ^b   Dahlbäck, Björn ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Abdominal aortic aneurysm; Axl; ELISA; Gas6; RTK; Vitamin K

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CERULOPLASMIN; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B; GROWTH ARREST SPECIFIC PROTEIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROTEIN AX1; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE 1; TRYPSIN INHIBITOR; TYROSINE KINASE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

EID: 73049088895     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2009.07.025     Document Type: Article

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