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Lipid-soluble smoke particles damage endothelial cells and reduce endothelium-dependent dilatation in rat and man

BACKGROUND: Cigarette smoking is a strong risk factor for vascular disease and known to cause dysfunction of the endothelium. However, the molecular mechanisms involved are still not fully understood. METHODS: In order to reveal the direct effects of lipid-soluble smoke particles on the endothelium,...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Jin-Yan, Cao, Yong-Xiao, Xu, Cang-Bao, Edvinsson, Lars
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1388236/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16423279
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-6-3