Role of cholesterol crystals in atherosclerosis is unmasked by altering tissue preparation methods

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 78, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 969-974

  Nasiri, Mojdeh ^a   Janoudi, Abed ^a   Vanderberg, Abigail ^b   Frame, Melinda ^b   Flegler, Carol ^b   Flegler, Stanley ^b   Abela, George S ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol dehydration; Atherosclerotic plaque; Electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DEHYDRATION; DISSOLUTION; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUBILITY; TISSUE;

ALCOHOL DEHYDRATION; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CHOLESTEROL CRYSTALS; CRYSTAL DENSITY; DEHYDRATING AGENTS; PHYSIOLOGICAL LEVELS; PLAQUE RUPTURE; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; PREPARATION METHOD; TISSUE PREPARATION;

ETHANOL;

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CHOLESTEROL; SOLVENT;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; MICROSCOPY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ALCOHOLS; CHOLESTEROL; CRYSTALLIZATION; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; SOLVENTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84945444021     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: 10970029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.22560     Document Type: Article

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