Sphingomyelinase, an Enzyme Implicated in Atherogenesis, Is Present in Atherosclerotic Lesions and Binds to Specific Components of the Subendothelial Extracellular Matrix
- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- Vol. 19 (11) , 2648-2658
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.atv.19.11.2648
Abstract
—Atherosclerotic lesions contain an extracellular sphingomyelinase (SMase) activity that hydrolyzes the sphingomyelin of subendothelial low density lipoprotein (LDL). This SMase activity ma...Keywords
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