Antibody phage display assisted identification of junction plakoglobin as a potential biomarker for atherosclerosis.

To date, no plaque-derived blood biomarker is available to allow diagnosis, prognosis or monitoring of atherosclerotic vascular diseases. In this study, specimens of thrombendarterectomy material from carotid and iliac arteries were incubated in protein-free medium to obtain plaque and control secre...

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Main Authors: Seraina Cooksley-Decasper, Hans Reiser, Daniela S Thommen, Barbara Biedermann, Michel Neidhart, Joanna Gawinecka, Gieri Cathomas, Fabian C Franzeck, Christophe Wyss, Roland Klingenberg, Paolo Nanni, Bernd Roschitzki, Christian Matter, Petra Wolint, Maximilian Y Emmert, Marc Husmann, Beatrice Amann-Vesti, Wilibald Maier, Steffen Gay, Thomas F Lüscher, Arnold von Eckardstein, Danielle Hof
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23110151/?tool=EBI