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Histochemical Demonstration of Some Hydrolytic Enzymes in Atheromatous Aortas

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IN connexion with other investigations made in this Department on the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, our attention was directed to the histochemical changes in early atheromatous plaques. Barrows and Chow1 suggested that a disturbance in the relative concentrations of enzymes within arterial tissue may result from arteriosclerosis. Relatively little is known, however, about the localization of enzymes in atheromatous aortas. Paterson et al. 2 demonstrated alkaline phosphatase in early atheromatous plaques, using Gomori's calcium–cobalt technique. They assumed that the activity was due to vascularization of the intima in early plaques.

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  1. Department of Forensic Medicine, University of Helsinki, Snellmaninkatu, 10, Helsinki, Finland

    E. LEVONEN, J. RAEKALLIO & U. UOTILA

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LEVONEN, E., RAEKALLIO, J. & UOTILA, U. Histochemical Demonstration of Some Hydrolytic Enzymes in Atheromatous Aortas. Nature 188, 677–678 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1038/188677b0

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