Enhanced inflammation in epicardial fat in patients with coronary artery disease

International Heart Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 139-142

  Hirata, Yoichiro ^a   Kurobe, Hirotsugu ^a   Akaike, Masashi ^a   Chikugo, Fumio ^b   Hori, Takaki ^c   Bando, Yoshimi ^d   Nishio, Chika ^a   Higashida, Mayuko ^a   Nakaya, Yutaka ^a   Kitagawa, Tetsuya ^a   Sata, Masataka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b TOKUSHIMA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c EHIME PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d TOKUSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Atherosclerosis; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; ADIPONECTIN; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CD8 ANTIGEN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EPICARDIAL FAT; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY CELL; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

ADIPOKINES; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; CD8-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE;

EID: 79958695935     PISSN: 13492365     EISSN: 13493299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/ihj.52.139     Document Type: Article

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