Chlamydia pneumoniae induces chemokine expression by platelets in patients with atherosclerosis

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 438-443

  Al Bannawi, Abdelhad ^a   Al Wesebai, Khulood ^a   Taha, Safa ^a   Bakhiet, Moiz ^a,b  

^a HH Princess Al Jawhara Center for Genetics and Inherited Diseases   (Bahrain)

^b Bahrain Defense Force Royal Medical Services   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; CCL3; CCL5; CCL7; CXCL8; Platelets

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM ANTIBODY; EDETIC ACID; INTERLEUKIN 8; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 1ALPHA; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 3; RANTES;

ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THROMBOCYTE; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PLATELETS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMOKINE CCL3; CHEMOKINE CCL5; CHEMOKINE CCL7; CHEMOKINES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INTERLEUKIN-8; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 79960485260     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000324553     Document Type: Article

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