Inflammation

New findings in inflammation described from Karolinska University

Published in Cancer Weekly, April 27th, 2010

According to a study from Stockholm, Sweden, "The aim of this study was to investigate gene expression networks related to cardiovascular disease in radiated human arteries. Recent epidemiological studies have shown that radiotherapy is associated with cardiovascular disease years after treatment."

"However, the molecular mechanisms underlying late effects of radiation are poorly described. Arterial biopsies from radiated and nonradiated human conduit arteries, from the same patient, were simultaneously harvested during microvascular free tissue transfer for cancer-reconstruction in 13 patients, 4 to 500 weeks from radiation treatment. Radiated and nonradiated arteries...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2010-04-27)

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