Macrophage foam cells from experimental atheroma constitutively produce matrix-degrading proteinases.

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Published in Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A on January 17, 1995

Authors

Z S Galis1, G K Sukhova, R Kranzhöfer, S Clark, P Libby

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA.

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Correlation Between Serum Markers of Unstable Plaque and Virtual Histology of Unstable Plaque Visualized by IVUS (IVUS) | NCT00466050

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