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Non-coding RNA regulation of endothelial and macrophage functions during atherosclerosis.
Vascular pharmacology - 1 Mar 2019
Aryal Binod, Suárez Yajaira
Abstract excerpt
The endothelial lining can be viewed as the first line of defense against risk factors of vascular disease. Endothelial dysfunction is regarded as an initial event for atherogenesis since defects in vascular integrity and homeostasis are responsible for lipid infiltration and recruitment of monocytes into the vessel wall. Monocytes-turned-macrophages, which possess astounding inflammatory plasticity, perpetuate...
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