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Can the TLR-4-mediated signaling pathway be "a key inflammatory promoter for sporadic TAA"?
Mediators of inflammation - 1 Jan 2014
Ruvolo Giovanni, Pisano Calogera, Candore Giuseppina, Lio Domenico, Palmeri Cesira, Maresi Emiliano, Balistreri Carmela R
Abstract excerpt
Thoracic aorta shows with advancing age various changes and a progressive deterioration in structure and function. As a result, vascular remodeling (VR) and medial degeneration (MD) occur as pathological entities responsible principally for the sporadic TAA onset. Little is known about their genetic, molecular, and cellular mechanisms. Recent evidence is proposing the strong role of a chronic immune/inflammatory...
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