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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Davies, Sian Patricia Mary
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. School of Biological Sciences 2015
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/10908