Leukocyte telomere length is associated with high-risk plaques on virtual histology intravascular ultrasound and increased proinflammatory activity

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2157-2164

  Calvert, Patrick A ^a,b   Liew, Tze Vun ^a   Gorenne, Isabelle ^a   Clarke, Murray ^a   Costopoulos, Charis ^a   Obaid, Daniel R ^a,b   O'Sullivan, Michael ^b   Shapiro, Leonard M ^b   McNab, Duncan C ^b   Densem, Cameron G ^b   Schofield, Peter M ^b   Braganza, Denise ^b   Clarke, Sarah C ^b   Ray, Kausik K ^c   West, Nick E J ^b   Bennett, Martin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atherosclerosis; intravascular ultrasound; virtual histology

Indexed keywords

INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL AGING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DNA DAMAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MONOCYTE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; STABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; TELOMERE;

CELL AGING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CYTOKINES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTES; LYMPHOCYTES; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK; RISK FACTORS; TELOMERE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 80052177361     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.111.229237     Document Type: Article

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