The role of nicotine in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 215, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 281-283

  Lee, Jieun ^a   Cooke, John P ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Atherosclerosis; Nicotine; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; NICOTINIC RECEPTOR;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CIGARETTE SMOKING; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); NONHUMAN; NOTE; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; MUSCLES; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; NICOTINE; RECEPTORS, NICOTINIC; SMOKING;

EID: 79953033878     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.01.003     Document Type: Note

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