Activation of Monocyte/Macrophage Functions Related to Acute Atheroma Complication by Ligation of CD40
- 15 July 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 96 (2), 396-399
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.96.2.396
Abstract
Background Plaque disruption with thrombosis commonly causes the acute coronary syndromes. Macrophages, abundant at sites of plaque rupture, release proteinases that weaken plaques and express tiss...Keywords
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