Hormone replacement therapy reduces lipid oxidation directly at the arterial wall: A possible link to estrogens' cardioprotective effect through atherosclerosis prevention

• मुख्य लेखकों: Carlos Gómez Escalante (लेखक), Silvia Quesada Mora (लेखक), Laura Navarro Bolaños (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Background: The first step in atherosclerosis formation is the ingurgitation of an oxidized low-density lipid (LDL) molecule by a macrophage which then turns into a foam cell within the vascular wall and initiates a cascade of inflammatory responses. Could it be that the potential cardioprotective e...