An HMG-CoA Reductase Inhibitor, Cerivastatin, Suppresses Growth of Macrophages Expressing Matrix Metalloproteinases and Tissue Factor In Vivo and In Vitro
- 16 January 2001
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 103 (2), 276-283
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.103.2.276
Abstract
Background—Unstable atherosclerotic plaques that cause acute coronary events usually contain abundant macrophages expressing matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue factor (TF), molecules that ...Keywords
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