The LDL-HDL profile determines the risk of atherosclerosis: A mathematical model

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Hao, Wenrui ^a   Friedman, Avner ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL; GAMMA INTERFERON; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR; TISSUE INHIBITOR OF METALLOPROTEINASE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION; FOAM CELL; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MACROPHAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC;

EID: 84897971085     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0090497     Document Type: Article

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