Chlamydia pneumoniae (C. pneumoniae) infection upregulates atherosclerosis-related gene expression in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs)

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 245-253

  Shi, Yu ^a   Tokunaga, Osamu ^a  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular cDNA array; Chlamydia pneumoniae (C. pneumoniae); HUVECs

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450; HEAT SHOCK PROTEIN 60;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; LIPID METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL VEIN; UPREGULATION;

ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CELLS, CULTURED; CHAPERONIN 60; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDOPHILA PNEUMONIAE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RECEPTORS, IMMUNOLOGIC; RECEPTORS, SCAVENGER; RECEPTORS, VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UMBILICAL VEINS; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 8644226948     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2004.07.014     Document Type: Article

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