NF-κB Activation and Fas Ligand Overexpression in Blood and Plaques of Patients With Carotid Atherosclerosis
- 1 February 2004
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Stroke
- Vol. 35 (2) , 458-463
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.str.0000114876.51656.7a
Abstract
Background and Purpose— Apoptosis is present in human atherosclerotic lesions. Nuclear factor-κB (NF-κB) is involved in the transcriptional regulation of the proapoptotic protein Fas ligand (FasL)....Keywords
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