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The Immune Response Is Involved in Atherosclerotic Plaque Calcification: Could the RANKL/RANK/OPG System Be a Marker of Plaque Instability?

Atherogenesis is characterized by an intense inflammatory process, involving immune and vascular cells. These cells play a crucial role in all phases of atherosclerotic plaque formation and complication through cytokine, protease, and prothrombotic factor secretion. The accumulation of inflammatory...

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Autores principales: Montecucco, Fabrizio, Steffens, Sabine, Mach, François
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2248226/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18320012
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2007/75805