Intimal hyperplasia is the process by which the cell population increases within the
innermost layer of the arterial wall, such as occurs physiologically during closure of the …

Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease, characterized by the accumulation of
macrophage-derived foam cells in the vessel wall and accompanied by the production of a …

Oxidative stress and the production of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) have
been implicated in the pathogenesis of a variety of diseases. In excess, ROS and their …

Leukocyte adhesion to the diabetic retinal vasculature results in blood‐retinal barrier
breakdown, capillary nonperfusion, and endothelial cell injury and death. Intercellular …

Despite its importance for the regulation of heart function, little is known about the isoform
expression of the multifunctional Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaMKII) in …

The present invention provides a lumen support stent With a clear through-lumen for use in
a body lumen. The stent is formed from at least one series of sliding and locking radial …

Vascular smooth muscle cell (SMC) phenotypic modulation plays a key role in
atherosclerosis and is classically defined as a switch from a 'contractile'phenotype to a …

The immediate-early gene product and zinc finger transcription factor early growth response
(Egr)-1 plays a key master regulatory role in multiple cardiovascular pathological processes …

The transcriptional nuclear factor (NF)-kappaB can be activated by diverse stimuli such as
cytokines, mitogens, oxidative stress, and lipids, leading to the transactivation of several …

Organ xenografts under certain circumstances survive in the presence of anti-graft
antibodies and complement, a situation referred to as “accommodation.” We find that the …