Article: Atherosclerosis as a disease of failed endogenous repair.
Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library
2008 Volume 13, Page(s) 3621–3636
Abstract: As coronary artery disease (CAD) continues to be the primary cause of mortality, a more in-depth understanding of pathophysiology and novel treatments are being sought. The past two decades have established inflammation as a driving force behind CAD-- ... ...
Abstract | As coronary artery disease (CAD) continues to be the primary cause of mortality, a more in-depth understanding of pathophysiology and novel treatments are being sought. The past two decades have established inflammation as a driving force behind CAD--from endothelial dysfunction to heart failure. Recent advances in stem/progenitor cell biology have led to initial applications of progenitor cells in CAD continuum and have revealed that atherosclerosis is, at least in part, a disease of failed endogenous vascular repair. Several key progenitor cell populations including endothelial progenitor cells (AC133+/CD34+ population), vascular progenitors (CD31+/CD45(low) population), KDR+ cells and other bone marrow subtypes are mobilized for vascular repair. However, age and risk factors negatively impact these cells even prior to clinical CAD. Sex-based differences in progenitor cell capacity for repair have emerged as a new research focus that may offer mechanistic insights into clinical CAD discrepancies between men and women. Quantifying injury and cell-based repair and better defining their interactions should enable us to halt or even prevent CAD by enhancing the repair side of the repair/injury equation. |
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MeSH term(s) | Antigens, CD/physiology ; Atherosclerosis/complications ; Atherosclerosis/physiopathology ; Coronary Disease/epidemiology ; Fertility ; Humans ; Stem Cells/physiology ; Stroke/epidemiology ; Wound Healing |
Chemical Substances | Antigens, CD |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2008-05-01 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Review |
ZDB-ID | 2141320-4 |
ISSN | 1093-9946 |
ISSN | 1093-9946 |
DOI | 10.2741/2954 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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