Los monocitos activados inducen la muerte celular del músculo liso: el papel del factor estimulante de las colonias

Puvi N Seshiah1, Dean J Kereiakes, Sanjay S Vasudevan

  • 1Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Circulation
|January 16, 2002
PubMed
Resumen

Los monocitos y el factor estimulante de colonias de macrófagos (M-CSF) desencadenan la muerte de las células del músculo liso vascular (VSMC, por sus siglas en inglés). El fármaco abciximab, dirigido al receptor Mac-1, puede prevenir este proceso, ofreciendo posibles vías terapéuticas para eventos cardiovasculares.

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