Atherosclerosis
Volume 191, Issue 1 , Pages 1-10 , March 2007

Topology of protease activities reflects atherothrombotic plaque complexity

  • Anne Leclercq

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U698, Paris F-75018, France
    • CHU X-Bichat, Paris F-75018, France
    • ,
  • Xavier Houard

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U698, Paris F-75018, France
    • CHU X-Bichat, Paris F-75018, France
    • ,
  • Stéphane Loyau

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U698, Paris F-75018, France
    • CHU X-Bichat, Paris F-75018, France
    • ,
  • Monique Philippe

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U698, Paris F-75018, France
    • CHU X-Bichat, Paris F-75018, France
    • ,
  • Uriel Sebbag

      Affiliations

    • Centre Cardiologique du Nord, Saint-Denis, France
    • ,
  • Olivier Meilhac

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U698, Paris F-75018, France
    • Univ Paris 7, Paris F-75018, France
    • CHU X-Bichat, Paris F-75018, France
    • ,
  • Jean-Baptiste Michel

      Affiliations

    • INSERM U698, Paris F-75018, France
    • Univ Paris 7, Paris F-75018, France
    • CHU X-Bichat, Paris F-75018, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: INSERM U698, Hôpital X. Bichat, 46 rue Henri Huchard, 75877 Paris Cedex 18, France. Tel.: +33 1 40 25 86 00; fax: +33 1 40 25 86 02.

Received 15 December 2005 ,Revised 27 March 2006 ,Accepted 4 April 2006.

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PII: S0021-9150(06)00197-3

doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.04.011

Atherosclerosis
Volume 191, Issue 1 , Pages 1-10 , March 2007

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