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Association between platelet endothelial cellular adhesion molecule-1 polymorphisms and atherosclerosis: results of a study on patients from northern Italy.
Rejuvenation research - 1 Jan 2000
Listì Florinda, Caruso Calogero, Di Carlo Daniele, Falcone Colomba, Boiocchi Chiara, Cuccia Mariaclara, Candore Giuseppina
Abstract excerpt
Adhesion of circulating cells to the arterial surface is among the first detectable events in atherogenesis. Cellular adhesion molecules, expressed by the vascular endothelium and by circulating leukocytes, mediate cell recruitment and their transendothelial migration. Platelet endothelial cellul...
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