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JOURNAL OF CELL BIOLOGY
Volume 209, Issue 1, Pages 13-22Publisher
ROCKEFELLER UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1083/jcb.201412052
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- National Institutes of Health [HL107497, HL075662, AG032443, HL118826, HL057353, HL121008, HL087867]
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Atherosclerosis occurs in the subendothelial space (intima) of medium-sized arteries at regions of disturbed blood flow and is triggered by an interplay between endothelial dysfunction and subendothelial lipoprotein retention. Over time, this process stimulates a nonresolving inflammatory response that can cause intimal destruction, arterial thrombosis, and end-organ ischemia. Recent advances highlight important cell biological atherogenic processes, including mechanotransduction and inflammatory processes in endothelial cells, origins and contributions of lesional macrophages, and origins and phenotypic switching of lesional smooth muscle cells. These advances illustrate how in-depth mechanistic knowledge of the cellular pathobiology of atherosclerosis can lead to new ideas for therapy.
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