title: Angiophagy: clearing or clogging microvessels?
abstract: The body clears small clots from blood vessels through a process called angiophagy, opening up new approaches to combat cerebral and cardiac microvascular occlusive diseases (Grutzendler et al., this issue).
authors.affiliation: Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY 10021, USA.
authors.forename: Costantino
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Iadecola
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004617:Embolism / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D010587:Phagocytosis; D012171:Retinal Vessels / Q000473:pathology*