Anti-atherosclerosis or no anti-atherosclerosis: That is the miR-33 question

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 447-448

  Näär, Anders M ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

antisense; atherosclerosis; HDL C; LDLr; mir 33

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER A1; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPID; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN RECEPTOR; MICRORNA; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 1; STEROL REGULATORY ELEMENT BINDING PROTEIN 2;

ANTISENSE THERAPY; ATHEROGENIC DIET; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; CHOLESTEROL TRANSPORT; EDITORIAL; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MOLECULARLY TARGETED THERAPY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; AORTA; AORTIC DISEASES; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; LIVER; MALE; MICRORNAS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES, ANTISENSE; RECEPTORS, LDL;

EID: 84874394385     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.112.301021     Document Type: Editorial

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