Targeting Monocytes/Macrophages to Treat Atherosclerotic Inflammation

• Other Authors: Corti, Alessandro (Editor), Gaucher, Caroline (Editor), Pompella, Alfonso (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2020
• Subjects: Science: general issues; Pharmacology; monocytes/macrophages; inflammation; foam cell formation; smooth muscle cells; atherosclerosis progression
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

It is by now widely recognized that atherosclerosis - with its burden of consequences in cerebro- and cardiovascular diseases - is just a chronic inflammatory process of the arterial wall. A very peculiar, complex and as yet still poorly understood process, upon which hundreds of scientists from sev...