Coronary artery chronic total occlusion (CTO ... to a similar or greater extent than those present in the adventitia. Lymphocytes and monocytes/macrophages may play an active role in both angiogenesis ...

Here, the authors show that D-dopachrome tautomerase (D-DT/MIF-2) acts as an atypical chemokine, promoting both atherosclerosis and hepatic lipid accumulation. Macrophages play a key role in ...

In atherosclerosis, the vascular smooth muscle ... perhaps by accelerating lipid accumulation or macrophage chemotaxis. Proliferation is probably an early event, followed by a chronic process ...

For select risk-enhanced individuals at intermediate risk of coronary artery disease (CAD), researchers found a way to ...

Scientists at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (WNPRC) and the Morgridge Institute for Research at the ...

Health gaps extend beyond extremes, with risk clustering favoring top 20% income earners with college degrees while most ...

Coronary artery disease, CAD, is a condition where the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle become clogged and narrow, making it difficult for blood and oxygen to reach the muscles of ...

Upon cholesterol loading, aortic smooth muscle cells (SMCs) lose their SMC contractile markers and gain expression of macrophage and fibroblast ... efflux pathways affect vasoconstriction or ...

Macrophages, as integral components of the immune system, exhibit diverse roles due to their ability to assume various polarized phenotypes. The polarization of macrophages into M1 and M2 subtypes ...

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