Free leptin, carotid plaque phenotype and relevance to related symptomatology: Insights from the OPAL-Lille carotid endarterectomy study

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 4879-4881

  Elkalioubie, Ahmed ^a   Zawadzki, Christophe ^a,b   Roma Lavisse, Charlotte ^a   Chinetti Gbaguidi, Giulia ^a   Tagzirt, Madjid ^a   Corseaux, Delphine ^a   Juthier, Francis ^a,b   Vaast, Bertrand ^a,b   Vanhoutte, Jonathan ^a   Vincentelli, André ^a,b   Jude, Brigitte ^a,b   Haulon, Stephan ^b   Staels, Bart ^a   Susen, Sophie ^a,b   Van Belle, Eric ^a,b   Dupont, Annabelle ^a  

^a UNIV LILLE   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Carotid plaque; Free leptin; Plaque phenotype; Symptomatology; Vascular smooth muscle cell

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LEPTIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BB; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; APOPTOSIS; ASYMPTOMATIC DISEASE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CELL MIGRATION; COLLAGEN SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERLEPTINEMIA; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LETTER; MACROPHAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTENOSIS; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE; BLOOD; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK FACTOR;

AGED; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAROTID STENOSIS; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEPTIN; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOTYPE; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84886414248     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.07.048     Document Type: Article

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