Can a Vascular Smooth Muscle-Derived Foam-Cell Really Change its Spots?

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 492-495

  Huff, Murray W ^a   Pickering, J Geoffrey ^a  

^a ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Atherosclerotic; Cholesterol; Macrophages; Plaque

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER A1; ABC TRANSPORTER G1; ALPHA TROPOMYOSIN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CHOLESTEROL; GALECTIN 3; KRUPPEL LIKE FACTOR 4; MICRORNA 143; MICRORNA 145; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 3; MYOCARDIN; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR 4; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; MICRORNA; MIRN143 MICRORNA, MOUSE; MIRN145 MICRORNA, MOUSE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELL FUNCTION; DOWN REGULATION; EDITORIAL; FOAM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PERITONEUM MACROPHAGE; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; UPREGULATION; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; ANIMAL; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; METABOLISM; SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL; VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSDIFFERENTIATION; CHOLESTEROL; FOAM CELLS; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84984855436     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: 15244636     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.115.305225     Document Type: Editorial

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