Targeting Monocytes/Macrophages to Treat Atherosclerotic Inflammation

• Autres auteurs: Corti, Alessandro (Éditeur intellectuel), Gaucher, Caroline (Éditeur intellectuel), Pompella, Alfonso (Éditeur intellectuel)
• Format: Électronique Chapitre de livre
• Langue: anglais
• Publié: Frontiers Media SA 2020
• Sujets: Science: general issues; Pharmacology; monocytes/macrophages; inflammation; foam cell formation; smooth muscle cells; atherosclerosis progression
• Accès en ligne: 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...