title: A review of the development of large-vessel disease in diabetes mellitus.
abstract: A review of certain aspects of the development of atherosclerosis in diabetes mellitus is presented. Emphasis is on work in the laboratories of the authors and their colleagues, which focused primarily on alterations of platelet and endothelial function and on lipoprotein-cell interactions. These findings are considered within the broad context of other factors that are of importance in the development of atherosclerosis in diabetes mellitus.
authors.affiliation: Research Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina 29403.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Colwell
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Lopes-Virella
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000502:physiology; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000097:blood / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008074:Lipoproteins / Q000097:blood
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; D008074:Lipoproteins