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Atherosclerosis
Reports on atherosclerosis findings from Third Military Medical University provide new insights
July 13th, 2009
According to recent research from Chongqing, People's Republic of China, "The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) may play an important role in inflammatory processes and endothelial activation, likely to accelerate the processes of atherosclerosis, especially in patients with diabetes. The factors that regulate the expression of RAGE are not completely clear." "C-reactive protein (CRP) is identified as a key proinflammatory cytokine in patients with atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis also induces reduction and dysfunction of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs), a main cell type for vascular repair. Therefore, we tested the hypothesis that CRP can regulate...
Source: Stem Cell Week (2009-07-13)
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