A systems biology approach to understanding atherosclerosis

EMBO Molecular Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 79-89

  Ramsey, Stephen A ^a   Gold, Elizabeth S ^a   Aderem, Alan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Network analysis; Systems biology

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 3; COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR 1; ENDOTHELIN; INTERLEUKIN 1; INTERLEUKIN 12P40; INTERLEUKIN 6; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; NITRIC OXIDE; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; HEREDITY; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTE ADHERENCE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENOMICS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PROTEOMICS; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 77953681096     PISSN: 17574676     EISSN: 17574684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/emmm.201000063     Document Type: Review

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