Atherosclerosis
Volume 191, Issue 1 , Pages 82-89 , March 2007

MRI visualized neo-intimal dissection and co-localization of novel apoptotic markers apolipoprotein C-1, ceramide and caspase-3 in a Watanabe hyperlipidemic rabbit model

  • Henning Steen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Antonina Kolmakova

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Matthias Stuber

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
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  • E Rene Rodriguez

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
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  • Fabao Gao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
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  • Subroto Chatterjee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
    • These corresponding authors contributed equally to this work.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to (Biochemistry): Department of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins and the Department of Biochemistry, National University of Singapore, Room 312, 550 North Broadway, USA. Tel.: +1 410 614 2518; fax: +1 410 614 2826.
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  • Joao A. Lima

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, Germany
    • These corresponding authors contributed equally to this work.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to (MRI): 600 N Wolfe Street, Blalock 524D1, Baltimore, MD 21287, United States. Tel.: +1 410 614 1284; fax: +1 410 614 8222.

Received 16 August 2005 ,Revised 24 April 2006 ,Accepted 3 May 2006.

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☆ All investigators are from John Hopkins University, School of Medicine, 720 Rutland Ave., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA

PII: S0021-9150(06)00265-6

doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2006.05.022

Atherosclerosis
Volume 191, Issue 1 , Pages 82-89 , March 2007

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