Apoptosis in the cardiovascular system
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- PMCID: PMC1767116
- DOI: 10.1136/heart.87.5.480
Apoptosis in the cardiovascular system
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- Kerr JF, Wyllie AH, Currie AR. Apoptosis: a basic biological phenomenon with wide-ranging implications in tissue kinetics. Br J Cancer 1972;26:239–57. ▸ The original (morphological) description of apoptosis. The features described are characteristic also of vascular cells, and morphological characterisation remains the “gold standard” for detecting apoptosis. - PMC - PubMed
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- Saraste A, Pulkki K, Kallajoki M, et al. Apoptosis in human acute myocardial infarction. Circulation 1997;95:320–3. ▸ Detailed description of the timing and spatial characteristics of apoptosis and necrosis after human myocardial infarction. - PubMed
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- Kajstura J, Cheng W, Reiss K, et al. Apoptotic and necrotic myocyte cell deaths are independent contributing variables of infarct size in rats. Lab Invest 1996;74:86–107. - PubMed
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- Narula J, Haider N, Virmani R, et al. Apoptosis in myocytes in end-stage heart failure. N Engl J Med 1996;335:1182–9. ▸ This study (and reference 6 below) describe the evidence of cardiomyocyte apoptosis in end stage heart failure in humans, although the quantification of apoptotic index is both studies is now considered impossibly high. - PubMed
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