MicroRNAs regulating oxidative stress and inflammation in relation to obesity and atherosclerosis

FASEB Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2515-2527

  Hulsmans, Maarten ^a   De Keyzer, Dieuwke ^a   Holvoet, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Cardiovascular diseases; Metabolic syndrome; Microvesicles; Vascular tissue

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; INSULIN; LIPOPROTEIN; MICRORNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTERY WALL; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CELL GROWTH; CELL MATURATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RNA DEGRADATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR TISSUE;

ADIPOCYTES; ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MICRORNAS; MICROVESSELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; OBESITY; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79960175448     PISSN: 08926638     EISSN: 15306860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1096/fj.11-181149     Document Type: Review

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