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HUVECs from newborns with a strong family history of myocardial infarction overexpress adhesion molecules and react abnormally to stimulating agents.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Sept 2005
Paez A, Méndez-Cruz A R, Varela E, Rodriguez E, Guevara J, Flores-Romo L, Montaño L F, Massó F A
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Atherosclerosis is a complex disease involved in major fatal events such as myocardial infarction and stroke. It is the result of interactions between metabolic, dietetic and environmental risk factors acting on a genetic background that could result in endothelial susceptibility. Our aim was to determine the patterns of expression of adhesion molecules and whether phosphatidylserine is translocated to the cell...
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