Concentration of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) correlated with expression of VCAM-1 mRNA in the human atherosclerotic aorta. - Concepedia

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Concentration of soluble vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) correlated with expression of VCAM-1 mRNA in the human atherosclerotic aorta.

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1995

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Kenta Nakai, C Itoh, K Kawazoe, Yoshie Miura, H Sotoyanagi, Kohei Hotta, Tomonori Itoh, Junya Kamata, Katsuhiko Hiramori

Abstract

VCAM-1 expression is higher in the human aorta in patients with atheromatous changes. Furthermore, concentrations of soluble VCAM-1 may provide important information about endothelial activation or in-vivo damage.