Article
Cellular signals in atherosclerosis.
The Journal of cardiovascular nursing - 1 Apr 1994
Teplitz L, Siwik D A
Abstract excerpt
Atherosclerosis is a complex, incompletely understood process involving several cell types, including smooth muscle cells, endothelial cells, and platelets, and the signals between them. Atherosclerotic lesions result from an excessive inflammatory fibroproliferative response to various forms of insult to the endothelium and smooth muscle of the artery wall. Numerous growth regulatory molecules/factors...
Topics
- Arteriosclerosis
- Catecholamines
- Cell Communication
- Growth Substances
- Humans
- Macrophages
- Monocytes
- Nursing Care
- Phenotype
- Risk Factors
- Signal Transduction
