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Atherosclerosis: Cellular Aspects

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Diseases of the Arterial Wall

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Despite intensive clinical, experimental and epidemiological studies, the mechanisms leading to the formation of the lesions of atherosclerosis remain mysterious. In the last few years, however, significant progress has been made in understanding the roles played by arterial wall components, blood-borne cells and plasma constituents in the development of the atheromatous plaque [for reviews see 4,43,49,63,90,92,93,130]. This process appears more and more to depend on interactions among various causative factors, thus making the search for a prime cause particularly difficult and possibly pointless. In this chapter, we shall limit our discussion to the role of cellular elements, particularly those normally present in the vessel wall, in the development of the atheromatous plaque.

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  2. Department of Morbid Anatomy, Institute of Pathology, The London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, E1 1BB, UK

    Colin L. Berry (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Service de Médecine Interne et de Pathologie Vasculaire, Hôpital Broussais, Paris, France

    Jean-Noël Fiessinger (Professeur) (Professeur)

  4. Service de Néphrologie et Unité de Recherche sur la Pathologie Rénale et Vasculaire, INSERM U28, Hôpital Broussais, Paris, France

    Jean Bariéty (Professeur) (Professeur)

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Kocher, O., Hüttner, I., Gabbiani, G. (1989). Atherosclerosis: Cellular Aspects. In: Camilleri, JP., Berry, C.L., Fiessinger, JN., Bariéty, J. (eds) Diseases of the Arterial Wall. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1464-2_11

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