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Monocytes and neutrophils expressing myeloperoxidase occur in fibrous caps and thrombi in unstable coronary plaques

BACKGROUND: Myeloperoxidase (MPO) -containing macrophages and neutrophils have been described at sites of plaque rupture. The presence of these cells in precursor lesions to acute rupture (thin cap atheroma, or vulnerable plaque) and within thrombi adjacent to ruptures has not been described, nor an...

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Autores principales: Tavora, Fabio R, Ripple, Mary, Li, Ling, Burke, Allen P
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2708130/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19549340
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-9-27