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Activation of calpain-1 in human carotid artery atherosclerotic lesions

BACKGROUND: In a previous study, we observed that oxidized low-density lipoprotein-induced death of endothelial cells was calpain-1-dependent. The purpose of the present paper was to study the possible activation of calpain in human carotid plaques, and to compare calpain activity in the plaques fro...

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Autores principales: Gonçalves, Isabel, Nitulescu, Mihaela, Saido, Takaomi C, Dias, Nuno, Pedro, Luis M, e Fernandes, José Fernandes, Ares, Mikko PS, Pörn-Ares, Isabella
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2706219/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19538725
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-9-26