Atherosclerosis, inflammation, genetics, and stem cells: 2012 update

Current Atherosclerosis Reports

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 201-210

  Goldschmidt Clermont, Pascal J ^a   Dong, Chunming ^a   Seo, David M ^a   Velazquez, Omaida C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Genetics; Inflammation; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; MICRORNA;

AGING; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTERY WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHROMOSOME 10Q; CHROMOSOME 6P; CXCL12 GENE; CXCR2 GENE; CXCR4 GENE; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDOTHELIAL PROGENITOR CELL; EPIGENETICS; GENE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEART INFARCTION; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTERNAL MAMMARY ARTERY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; NONHUMAN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STEM CELL; TESTIN GENE;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MODELS, GENETIC; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84861235459     PISSN: 15233804     EISSN: 15346242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11883-012-0244-1     Document Type: Article

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