Genomic research to identify novel pathways in the development of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Cardiology Research and Practice

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Harrison, Seamus C ^a   Kalea, Anastasia Z ^a   Holmes, Michael V ^a   Agu, Obi ^b   Humphries, Steve E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5' METHYLTHIOADENOSINE PHOSPHORYLASE; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2A; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR 2B; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; GELATINASE B; INTERFERON ALPHA 21; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); MICRORNA; STAT1 PROTEIN; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; APOPTOSIS; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHROMOSOME 9P; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DNA SEQUENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION AND TRANSLATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 84858272182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20900597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/852829     Document Type: Review

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