Increased interleukin-18 expression in nonrheumatic aortic valve stenosis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 144, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 260-263

  Naito, Yoshiro ^a   Tsujino, Takeshi ^a   Wakabayashi, Kana ^a   Matsumoto, Mika ^a   Ohyanagi, Mitsumasa ^a   Mitsuno, Masataka ^a   Miyamoto, Yuji ^a   Hao, Hiroyuki ^a   Hirota, Seiichi ^a   Okamura, Haruki ^a   Masuyama, Tohru ^a  

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Cytokine; Inflammation; Interleukin 18

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 18; INTERLEUKIN 18 RECEPTOR ALPHA;

AGED; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALE; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 77957840504     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2009.01.022     Document Type: Article

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