Hydrolytic enzymes released from resident macrophages and located in the intima extracellular matrix as agents that modify retained apolipoprotein B lipoproteins

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2003 Aug 1;23(8):1312-3. doi: 10.1161/01.ATV.0000080647.77287.DD.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Apolipoproteins B / metabolism*
  • Cathepsin D / metabolism
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Coronary Artery Disease / metabolism
  • Coronary Vessels / metabolism
  • Extracellular Matrix / metabolism*
  • Humans
  • Lipase / metabolism
  • Lipoproteins / metabolism
  • Lipoproteins, LDL / metabolism
  • Macrophages / metabolism*
  • Muscle, Smooth, Vascular / metabolism
  • Tunica Intima / metabolism*

Substances

  • Apolipoproteins B
  • Lipoproteins
  • Lipoproteins, LDL
  • Lipase
  • Cathepsin D