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Atherosclerosis is an Inflammatory Disease

光宏 横山, +1 more
- 28 Feb 1998 - 
- Vol. 62, pp 8
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Despite changes in lifestyle and the use of new pharmacologic approaches to lower plasma cholesterol concentrations, cardiovascular disease continues to be the principal cause of death in the United States, Europe, and much of Asia.
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This article is published in Japanese Circulation Journal-english Edition.The article was published on 1998-02-28 and is currently open access. It has received 9749 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Disease.

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Chemokines and atherosclerosis.

TL;DR: In vivo and in vitro investigations showed that chemokines are produced by a variety of cells and play important roles in the development and progression of many physiological and pathological conditions including atherosclerosis, which may provide important anti‐atherogenic strategies.
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Does childhood nutrition influence adult cardiovascular disease risk?--insights from the Young Finns Study.

TL;DR: The data demonstrate that dietary patterns can already be identified in childhood and associate with cardiovascular risk factors and vascular markers of subclinical atherosclerosis and suggest that childhood nutrition has a significant role in the progression of CVD.
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Relation of inflammation to vascular function in patients with coronary heart disease.

TL;DR: The present data showed an association between inflammatory risk factors linked to atherothrombosis and endothelial dysfunction in coronary heart disease patients, and it is possible that endothelium dysfunction in cardiac patients is related to the chronic inflammation or infection coexisting with atherosclerosis.
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The serum levels of growth factors: PDGF, TGF-beta and VEGF are increased after strenuous physical exercise.

TL;DR: The results point to the potentially deleterious effect of strenuous physical exercise on growth factors generation in healthy young people in the context of the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of various diseases.
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The Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis — An Update

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