The vascular biology of macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF): Expression and effects in inflammation, atherogenesis and angiogenesis

Thrombosis and Haemostasis

Volumn 109, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 391-398

  Asare, Yaw ^a   Schmitt, Martin ^a,b   Bernhagen, Jürgen ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(neo )angiogenesis vasculogenesis; Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular disease; Chemokine; Monocyte macrophage

Indexed keywords

CD74 ANTIGEN; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR2; CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; INTERLEUKIN 8; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION FACTOR; TUMOUR NECROSIS FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULAR CELL ADHESION MOLECULE 1;

ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG STRUCTURE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULAR BIOLOGY; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; LEUKOCYTES; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION-INHIBITORY FACTORS; MACROPHAGES; MICE; MONOCYTES; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; STEM CELLS;

EID: 84874770590     PISSN: 03406245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1160/TH12-11-0831     Document Type: Article

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