Activator protein-1 in carotid plaques is related to cerebrovascular symptoms and cholesteryl ester content

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-43

  Gonçalves, Isabel ^a,b   Stollenwerk, Maria M ^a   Lindholm, Marie W ^a   Dias, Nuno ^c   Pedro, Luís M ^c   Fernandes, José Fernandes E ^c   Moses, Jonatan ^a   Fredrikson, Gunilla Nordin ^a   Nilsson, Jan ^a   Ares, Mikko P S ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Instituto Cardiovascular de Lisboa   (Portugal)

Author keywords

AP 1; Atherosclerosis; Carotid arteries; Cerebrovascular disorders; Plaque

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER; ELASTIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PROTEIN C JUN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FRA 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FRA 2; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR JUND; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CHOLESTEROL ESTERS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; PROTEIN SUBUNITS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-JUN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP-1;

EID: 78650420195     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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