7,8-Dihydroneopterin and its effect on the formation of foam cells.
Atherosclerosis (Heart Disease) is an inflammatory disease caused by the formation of plaque within the arterial wall. In response to inflammation, monocytes enter the artery wall, differentiate into macrophages and take up altered low-density-lipoprotein (such as oxidised-LDL). This oxLDL is taken...
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University of Canterbury. School of Biological Sciences
2015
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/10908 |