In atherosclerosis, the vascular smooth muscle cell (VSMC) contributes to vessel wall inflammation and lipoprotein retention, as well as to the formation of the fibrous cap that provides stability ...

At the later stages of disease (whether atherosclerosis or obesity), macrophage death is generally assumed to have deleterious consequences, such as the rupture of vascular plaques and excess ...

Atherosclerosis, as a result of plaque rupture ... thrombi and apoptosis are still at the stage of preclinical testing and under development. A number of steps and issues involved in clinical ...