Life and death in the atherosclerotic plaque

Current Opinion in Lipidology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 422-426

  Bennett, Martin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cell death; cell division; cell senescence

Indexed keywords

ASSAY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPHAGY; CELL DEATH; CELL DIVISION; CELL KINETICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; HUMANS; KINETICS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 77957588962     PISSN: 09579672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOL.0b013e32833d2bfd     Document Type: Review

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