One of the earliest and best-recognized elements of atherosclerosis is its close relationship
with circulating LDL (low-density lipoprotein). There is convincing evidence that LDL …

Wu et al The RAS and Cardiovascular Functions e109 homocysteine decreased
antihypertensive effect of enalapril, an ACE inhibitor, in chronic hypertensive patients. 61 …

Recent clinical trials have highlighted that percutaneous coronary intervention in patients
with stable angina provides limited additional benefits on top of optimal medical therapy …

Recent advances in vascular imaging have enabled us to uncover the underlying
mechanisms of vascular diseases both ex vivo and in vivo. In the past decade, efforts have …

Backgrounds We demonstrated that coronary adventitial inflammation plays important roles
in the pathogenesis of drug-eluting stent (DES)-induced coronary hyperconstricting …

Introduction Sympathetic hyperinnervation plays an important role in modulating the
vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) phenotype and vascular diseases, but its role in …

e172 Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol October 2018 and functions, angiogenesis, and
lymphangiogenesis. These articles studied zebrafish at stages during embryonic or larval …

Perivascular adipose tissue, which constitutes perivascular components along with the
adventitial vasa vasorum, plays an important role as a source of various inflammatory …

Objective—We have previously demonstrated that coronary adventitial inflammation plays
important roles in the pathogenesis of coronary vasomotion abnormalities, including drug …

The coronary adventitia harbours the vasa vasorum (VV), which has a diameter of 50–300
µm and plays an important role as a network of nutrient blood vessels to the arterial wall …