[Cytokines and atherosclerosis].
Cytokines participate in the control of: proliferation and chemotaxis of various cells, thrombocyte adhesion and aggregation, vascular tonus, protein synthesis--among other acute phase protein synthesis, lipoprotein metabolism, and also exert influence on smooth myocyte phenotype transformation and conversion of fibroblasts to myocytes. All these mechanisms are important in the development of atherosclerotic lesions.
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Katedry i Zakładu Biochemii i Chemii Sl. Akademii Medycznej, Katowicach.
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D000818:Animals; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016207:Cytokines / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D015398:Signal Transduction
D016207:Cytokines