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Researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP ...

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Atherosclerosis is the thickening and loss of elasticity of the walls of arteries that is associated with the formation of atherosclerotic plaques within the arterial intima. Inflammation has an ...

Atherosclerosis is a chronic lipid-driven and maladaptive inflammatory disease of arterial intima. It is characterized by the dysfunction of lipid homeostasis and signaling pathways that control the ...

Researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the Germans Trias i Pujol Research Institute (IGTP) have studied variations in mRNA length during the progression of ...

Prior to 1990, many assumed that once cholesterol plaques form in the arteries causing atherosclerosis, it was not reversible. While this is true for plaques that have calcified, what about ...

CD8+ T cells accumulate in atherosclerotic plaques. LMU researchers identify a crucial signaling pathway—with therapeutic ...

In atherosclerosis, the vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) contributes to vessel wall inflammation and lipoprotein retention, as well as to the formation of the fibrous cap that provides stability ...