Atherosclerosis: Current pathogenesis and therapeutic options

Nature Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1410-1422

  Weber, Christian ^a,b,c   Noels, Heidi ^d  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Munich Heart Alliance   (Germany)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; ATORVASTATIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; CLOPIDOGREL; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2B; DALCETRAPIB; DARAPLADIB; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 1ALPHA; INFLAMMASOME; INTERLEUKIN 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; LYSOPHOSPHATIDIC ACID; MARAVIROC; METHOTREXATE; NICOTINIC ACID; ORGANIC CATION TRANSPORTER 3; PHOSPHOLIPASE A2; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNE2; PRASUGREL; RIMONABANT; ROSUVASTATIN; SCAVENGER RECEPTOR; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1; THYMUS AND ACTIVATION REGULATED CHEMOKINE; TICAGRELOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TORCETRAPIB;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ALLELE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG MECHANISM; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HEART INFARCTION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; INFLAMMATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTESTINE FLORA; LEUKOCYTE FUNCTION AND CHARACTERISTICS; MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY; MYELOPROLIFERATIVE DISORDER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CHEMOKINES; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DENDRITIC CELLS; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INFLAMMATION; LIPID METABOLISM; NEUTROPHILS; RECEPTORS, CHEMOKINE; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 81255188900     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm.2538     Document Type: Review

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