Microvascular endoglin (CD105) expression correlates with tissue markers for atherosclerotic plaque vulnerability in an ageing population with multivessel coronary artery disease

Histopathology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-97

  Li, Xiaofei ^a   van der Meer, Jelger J ^a   van der Loos, Chris M ^a   Ploegmakers, Hanneke J P ^a   de Boer, Onno J ^a   de Winter, Rob J ^a   van der Wal, Allard C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ageing; Atherosclerosis; CD105; Coronary artery; Endoglin; Inflammation; Microvessels; Vulnerable plaque

Indexed keywords

ENDOGLIN;

AGING; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; BLEEDING; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD; AUTOPSY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CADAVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY VESSELS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE;

EID: 84862889805     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: 13652559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2011.04166.x     Document Type: Article

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