New morphologic investigations on the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis have refocused
attention on the role of monocytes and macrophages, especially in the early phases of the …

The author discusses a new concept of atherogenesis which is based on older hypotheses
(lipid infiltration hypothesis), theory of impaired endothelial barrier, role of immunological …

Adherence of monocytes and their subsequent migration into intima appears to be important
early event in the formation of foam cell rich atherosclerotic lesion, both in humans and …

The past decade has witnessed enormous progress in our understanding of the nature of
this process. The development of an atherosclerotic plaque is a complex process which …

Studies of our group, first presented at a meeting of the Israel Atherosclerosis Society in
1973, indicated that atheromatosis might be the result of imbalance between the amounts of …

Human thoracic aorta was taken from trauma victims aged from 6 to 40 years. Cell
composition of the intimal layer was investigated in the lesion predisposed (LP) areas of the …

The lesions of atherosclerosis represent a chronic inflammatory process involving
monocytes and T lymphocytes, accompanied by a fibroproliferative process within the intima …

This paper contains the results of researches from the NN Anichkov laboratory of
atherogenesis, the analysis of initial stages of atherosclerosis made from the position of …

Objective to investigate the expression of the endothelial adhesion molecules PECAM
(CD31), ICAM, and VCAM, as well as adherent endothelial T cells and monocytes. The …

Atherosclerosis is a progressive chronic disease of large and medium arteries,
characterized by the formation of atherosclerotic plaques. Monocytes and macrophages are …