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Stress and vascular responses: anti-inflammatory therapeutic strategy against atherosclerosis and restenosis after coronary intervention.
Journal of pharmacological sciences - 1 Mar 2003
Kitamoto Shiro, Egashira Kensuke, Takeshita Akira
Abstract excerpt
Atherosclerosis and restenosis after percutaneous coronary interventions have become major issues in public health in Western countries. Recent studies have revealed that inflammation plays an important role in pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases. Vascular injury may involve an inflammatory response, which accelerates the recruitment and activation of monocytes through monocyte chemoattractant protein-1...
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