Science 29 June 1973: Vol. 180. no. 4093, pp. 1332 - 1339 DOI: 10.1126/science.180.4093.1332

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Promoting Mechanisms of Vascular Health: Circulating Progenitor Cells, Angiogenesis, and Reverse Cholesterol Transport.

P. R. Moreno, J. Sanz, and V. Fuster (2009)
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 53, 2315-2323
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Homocysteine harasses the imprinting expression of IGF2 and H19 by demethylation of differentially methylated region between IGF2/H19 genes.

L. Li, J. Xie, M. Zhang, and S. Wang (2009)
Acta Biochim Biophys Sin 41, 464-471
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Shunt or Snare: Coronary Endothelial Damage due to Hemostatic Devices for Beating Heart Coronary Surgery.

H. Hangler, L. Mueller, E. Ruttmann, H. Antretter, and K. Pfaller (2008)
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 86, 1873-1877
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Targeting residual cardiovascular risk: raising high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels.

D J Hausenloy and D M Yellon (2008)
Postgrad. Med. J. 84, 590-598
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Reduced Atherosclerotic Lesions in P2Y1/Apolipoprotein E Double-Knockout Mice: The Contribution of Non-Hematopoietic-Derived P2Y1 Receptors.

B. Hechler, M. Freund, C. Ravanat, S. Magnenat, J.-P. Cazenave, and C. Gachet (2008)
Circulation 118, 754-763
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LOX-1 deletion decreases collagen accumulation in atherosclerotic plaque in low-density lipoprotein receptor knockout mice fed a high-cholesterol diet.

C. Hu, A. Dandapat, L. Sun, J. Chen, M. R. Marwali, F. Romeo, T. Sawamura, and J. L. Mehta (2008)
Cardiovasc Res 79, 287-293
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Targeting residual cardiovascular risk: raising high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels.

D J Hausenloy and D M Yellon (2008)
Heart 94, 706-714
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Mitogenic Effects of Cytokines on Smooth Muscle Are Critically Dependent on Protein Kinase A and Are Unmasked by Steroids and Cyclooxygenase Inhibitors.

A. M. Misior, H. Yan, R. M. Pascual, D. A. Deshpande, R. A. Panettieri, and R. B. Penn (2008)
Mol. Pharmacol. 73, 566-574
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VEGF-R blockade causes endothelial cell apoptosis, expansion of surviving CD34+ precursor cells and transdifferentiation to smooth muscle-like and neuronal-like cells.

S. Sakao, L. Taraseviciene-Stewart, C. D. Cool, Y. Tada, Y. Kasahara, K. Kurosu, N. Tanabe, Y. Takiguchi, K. Tatsumi, T. Kuriyama, et al. (2007)
FASEB J 21, 3640-3652
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Cadherins, RhoA, and Rac1 Are Differentially Required for Stretch-Mediated Proliferation in Endothelial Versus Smooth Muscle Cells.

W. F. Liu, C. M. Nelson, J. L. Tan, and C. S. Chen (2007)
Circ. Res. 101, e44-e52
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Multiple repressor pathways contribute to phenotypic switching of vascular smooth muscle cells.

K. Kawai-Kowase and G. K. Owens (2007)
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 292, C59-C69
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Critical Role of Inducible Costimulator Signaling in the Development of Arteriosclerosis.

H. Kosuge, J.-i. Suzuki, G. Haraguchi, N. Koga, Y. Maejima, M. Inobe, M. Isobe, and T. Uede (2006)
Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 26, 2660-2665
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The NR4A Orphan Nuclear Receptor NOR1 Is Induced by Platelet-derived Growth Factor and Mediates Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation.

T. Nomiyama, T. Nakamachi, F. Gizard, E. B. Heywood, K. L. Jones, N. Ohkura, R. Kawamori, O. M. Conneely, and D. Bruemmer (2006)
J. Biol. Chem. 281, 33467-33476
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Macrophage Reverse Cholesterol Transport: Key to the Regression of Atherosclerosis?.

M. Cuchel and D. J. Rader (2006)
Circulation 113, 2548-2555
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Thematic review series: The Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis. An interpretive history of the cholesterol controversy, part III: mechanistically defining the role of hyperlipidemia.

D. Steinberg (2005)
J. Lipid Res. 46, 2037-2051
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Knowledge-based computational search for genes associated with the metabolic syndrome.

T. Matsunaga and M.-a. Muramatsu (2005)
Bioinformatics 21, 3146-3154
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When Does Atherosclerosis Become Irreversible? Chronological Change from an Early to an Advanced Atherosclerotic Lesion Observed by Angioscopy.

N. Ikeda and R. Torii (2005)
Angiology 56, 361-370
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Assembly, activation, and signaling by kinin-forming proteins on human vascular smooth muscle cells.

A. N. Fernando, L. P. Fernando, Y. Fukuda, and A. P. Kaplan (2005)
Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 289, H251-H257
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Regulation of Proliferation, Motility, and Contractility of Human Endometrial Stromal Cells by Platelet-Derived Growth Factor.

H. Matsumoto, K. Nasu, M. Nishida, H. Ito, S. Bing, and I. Miyakawa (2005)
J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 90, 3560-3567
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Ageing as a determinant of renal and vascular disease: role of endothelial factors.

M. Barton (2005)
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant. 20, 485-490
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Dual Role of Matrix Metalloproteinases (Matrixins) in Intimal Thickening and Atherosclerotic Plaque Rupture.

A. C. Newby (2005)
Physiol Rev 85, 1-31
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Liver X Receptor Agonists Suppress Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation and Inhibit Neointima Formation in Balloon-Injured Rat Carotid Arteries.

F. Blaschke, O. Leppanen, Y. Takata, E. Caglayan, J. Liu, M. C. Fishbein, K. Kappert, K. I. Nakayama, A. R. Collins, E. Fleck, et al. (2004)
Circ. Res. 95, e110-e123
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Are Anti-Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein Antibodies Pathogenic or Protective?.

Y. Shoenfeld, R. Wu, L. D. Dearing, and E. Matsuura (2004)
Circulation 110, 2552-2558
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Role of Oxidative Modifications in Atherosclerosis.

R. Stocker and J. F. Keaney Jr. (2004)
Physiol Rev 84, 1381-1478
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Synergism Between Platelet-Activating Factor-Like Phospholipids and Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor {gamma} Agonists Generated During Low Density Lipoprotein Oxidation That Induces Lipid Body Formation in Leukocytes.

E. F. de Assis, A. R. Silva, L. F. C. Caiado, G. K. Marathe, G. A. Zimmerman, S. M. Prescott, T. M. McIntyre, P. T. Bozza, and H. C. de Castro-Faria-Neto (2003)
J. Immunol. 171, 2090-2098
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Effect of Clarithromycin on Inflammatory Markers in Patients with Atherosclerosis.

H. F. Berg, B. Maraha, G.-J. Scheffer, M. F. Peeters, and J. A. J. W. Kluytmans (2003)
Clin. Vaccine Immunol. 10, 525-528
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Relationship between coagulation cascade, cytokine, adhesion molecule and aortic aneurysm.

F. Nomura, A. Ihara, M. Yoshitatsu, K. Tamura, A. Katayama, and K. Ihara (2003)
Eur. J. Cardiothorac. Surg. 23, 1034-1039
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Smooth muscle cells in human coronary atherosclerosis can originate from cells administered at marrow transplantation.

N. M. Caplice, T. J. Bunch, P. G. Stalboerger, S. Wang, D. Simper, D. V. Miller, S. J. Russell, M. R. Litzow, and W. D. Edwards (2003)
PNAS 100, 4754-4759
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Interleukins in Atherosclerosis: Molecular Pathways and Therapeutic Potential.

J. H. Von der Thusen, J. Kuiper, T. J. C. Van Berkel, and E. A. L. Biessen (2003)
Pharmacol. Rev. 55, 133-166
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Maternal protein restriction in the rat impairs resistance artery but not conduit artery function in pregnant offspring.

C. Torrens, L. Brawley, A. C Barker, S. Itoh, L. Poston, and M. A Hanson (2003)
J. Physiol. 547, 77-84
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Dietary cholesterol withdrawal reduces vascular inflammation and induces coronary plaque stabilization in miniature pigs.

P. Verhamme, R. Quarck, H. Hao, M. Knaapen, S. Dymarkowski, H. Bernar, J. Van Cleemput, S. Janssens, J. Vermylen, G. Gabbiani, et al. (2002)
Cardiovasc Res 56, 135-144
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Generation of a cell line with smooth muscle phenotype from hypertrophied urinary bladder.

Y. Zheng, W. T. Weber, S. Wang, A. J. Wein, S. A. Zderic, S. Chacko, and M. E. DiSanto (2002)
Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 283, C373-C382
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Novel Tocotrienols of Rice Bran Inhibit Atherosclerotic Lesions in C57BL/6 ApoE-Deficient Mice.

A. A. Qureshi, W. A. Salser, R. Parmar, and E. E. Emeson (2001)
J. Nutr. 131, 2606-2618
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Sphingosine-1-Phosphate and the Leading Edg-1 of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells.

W. Erl and W. Siess (2001)
Circ. Res. 89, 474-476
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On Genetics, Inflammation, and Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm : Can Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms Predict the Outcome?.

A. J. Marian (2001)
Circulation 103, 2222-2224
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Bone Morphogenetic Protein-7 Modulates Genes that Maintain the Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype in Culture.

H. Dorai and T K. Sampath (2001)
J. Bone Joint Surg. Am. 83, S70-78
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Effect of Testosterone on Plaque Development and Androgen Receptor Expression in the Arterial Vessel Wall.

H. Hanke, C. Lenz, B. Hess, K.-D. Spindler, and W. Weidemann (2001)
Circulation 103, 1382-1385
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cDNA Array Analysis of Altered Gene Expression in Human Endothelial Cells in Response to Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection.

B. K. Coombes and J. B. Mahony (2001)
Infect. Immun. 69, 1420-1427
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Bone Morphogenetic Protein-7 Modulates Genes that Maintain the Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype in Culture.

H. Dorai and T K. Sampath (2001)
J. Bone Joint Surg. Am. 83, S70-S78
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Atherosclerotic Plaque With Ultrasmall Superparamagnetic Particles of Iron Oxide in Hyperlipidemic Rabbits.

S. G. Ruehm, C. Corot, P. Vogt, S. Kolb, and J. F. Debatin (2001)
Circulation 103, 415-422
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Coronary endothelial injury after local occlusion on the human beating heart.

H. B. Hangler, K. Pfaller, H. Antretter, O. E. Dapunt, and J. O. Bonatti (2001)
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 71, 122-127
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Recent advances in ischaemic heart disease.

M. Cusack, S. Redwood, and J. Coltart (2000)
Postgrad. Med. J. 76, 542-546
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IL-8 Is an Angiogenic Factor in Human Coronary Atherectomy Tissue.

A. Simonini, M. Moscucci, D. W. M. Muller, E. R. Bates, F. D. Pagani, M. D. Burdick, and R. M. Strieter (2000)
Circulation 101, 1519-1526
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Vascular smooth muscle proliferation: Synergistic interaction between serotonin and low density lipoproteins.

S. Koba, R. Pakala, T. Watanabe, T. Katagiri, and C. R. Benedict (1999)
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 34, 1644-1651
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Control of the inflammatory response in extended myocardial preservation of the donor heart.

J. K. Kirklin and D. C. McGiffin (1999)
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 68, 1978-1982
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Evidence From a Novel Human Cell Clone That Adult Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Can Convert Reversibly Between Noncontractile and Contractile Phenotypes.

S. Li, S. Sims, Y. Jiao, L. H. Chow, and J. G. Pickering (1999)
Circ. Res. 85, 338-348
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Chlamydia pneumoniae Infection of Human Endothelial Cells Induces Proliferation of Smooth Muscle Cells via an Endothelial Cell-Derived Soluble Factor(s).

B. K. Coombes and J. B. Mahony (1999)
Infect. Immun. 67, 2909-2915
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Fibrous cap formation or destruction -- the critical importance of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, migration and matrix formation.

A. C Newby and A. B Zaltsman (1999)
Cardiovasc Res 41, 345-360
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Atherosclerosis -- An Inflammatory Disease.

R. Ross (1999)
N. Engl. J. Med. 340, 115-126
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Potential Role for Ceramide in Mitogen-activated Protein Kinase Activation and Proliferation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells Induced by Oxidized Low Density Lipoprotein.

N. Auge, I. Escargueil-Blanc, I. Lajoie-Mazenc, I. Suc, N. Andrieu-Abadie, M.-T. Pieraggi, M. Chatelut, J.-C. Thiers, J.-P. Jaffrezou, G. Laurent, et al. (1998)
J. Biol. Chem. 273, 12893-12900
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Endothelial Cell Injury in Cardiovascular Surgery: Atherosclerosis.

E. M. Boyle Jr, S. T. Lille, E. Allaire, A. W. Clowes, and E. D. Verrier (1997)
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 63, 885-894
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Combined Effects of Hypertension and Hypercholesterolemia on Radial Artery Function.

C. Giannattasio, A. A. Mangoni, M. Failla, M. L. Stella, S. Carugo, M. Bombelli, R. Sega, and G. Mancia (1997)
Hypertension 29, 583-586
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HR 720, A Novel Angiotensin Receptor Antagonist Inhibits the Angiotensin II-Induced Trophic Effects, Fibronectin Release and Fibronectin-EIIIA+ Expression in Rat Aortic Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells in Vitro.

F. W. Dunn, M.-H. Roux, F. Farhadian, K. Sabri, C. Ossart, J. L. Samuel, L. Rappaport, and G. Hamon (1997)
J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 280, 447-453
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Opposite Regulation of Gax Homeobox Expression by Angiotensin II and C-Type Natriuretic Peptide.

J. Yamashita, H. Itoh, Y. Ogawa, N. Tamura, K. Takaya, T. Igaki, K. Doi, T.-H. Chun, M. Inoue, K. Masatsugu, et al. (1997)
Hypertension 29, 381-385
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Endothelial Cell Injury in Cardiovascular Surgery.

E. D. Verrier and E. M. Boyle Jr (1996)
Ann. Thorac. Surg. 62, 915-922
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Monocyte-Induced Downregulation of Nitric Oxide Synthase in Cultured Aortic Endothelial Cells.

N. Marczin, A. Antonov, A. Papapetropoulos, D. H. Munn, R. Virmani, F. D. Kolodgie, R. Gerrity, and J. D. Catravas (1996)
Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 16, 1095-1103
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The Sphingomyelin-Ceramide Signaling Pathway Is Involved in Oxidized Low Density Lipoprotein-induced Cell Proliferation.

N. Auge, N. Andrieu, A. Negre-Salvayre, J.-C. Thiers, T. Levade, and R. Salvayre (1996)
J. Biol. Chem. 271, 19251-19255
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Oxidized Low Density Lipoprotein and Lysophosphatidylcholine Stimulate Cell Cycle Entry in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells. EVIDENCE FOR RELEASE OF FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR-2.

Y.-C. Chai, P. H. Howe, P. E. DiCorleto, and G. M. Chisolm (1996)
J. Biol. Chem. 271, 17791-17797
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Glucose Metabolism to Glucosamine Is Necessary for Glucose Stimulation of Transforming Growth Factor-alpha Gene Transcription.

P. P. Sayeski and J. E. Kudlow (1996)
J. Biol. Chem. 271, 15237-15243
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Increased Elastin-Degrading Activity and Neointimal Formation in Porcine Aortic Organ Culture : Reduction of Both Features With a Serine Proteinase Inhibitor.

S. Oho, S. J. Daley, E. W.Y. Koo, T. Childs, A. I. Gotlieb, and M. Rabinovitch (1995)
Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 15, 2200-2206
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Differentiation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and the Regulation of Protein Kinase C-{alpha}.

H. Haller, C. Lindschau, P. Quass, A. Distler, and F. C. Luft (1995)
Circ. Res. 76, 21-29
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Localization of PDGF-B protein in macrophages in all phases of atherogenesis.

R Ross, J Masuda, E. Raines, A. Gown, S Katsuda, M Sasahara, L. Malden, H Masuko, and H Sato (1990)
Science 248, 1009-1012
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Intimal Hyperplasia: Evolving Concepts of Pathophysiology and Therapy.

L. K. Birinyi and F. W. Logerfo (1989)
Perspectives in Vascular Surgery and Endovascular Therapy 2, 97-111
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Observations of Early Atherogenesis with Calcification Following Aortic Deendothelialization in Rabbits Maintained on a Normal Diet.

E. Hoover, A. Gross, H. Webb, K. Fani, and A. Debons (1989)
Vascular and Endovascular Surgery 23, 27-33
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Smooth muscle-mediated connective tissue remodeling in pulmonary hypertension.

R. Mecham, L. Whitehouse, D. Wrenn, W. Parks, G. Griffin, R. Senior, E. Crouch, K. Stenmark, and N. Voelkel (1987)
Science 237, 423-426
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Clinical Laboratory Assessment of Atherosclerosis Role of Hyperlipidaemia and Hyperactive Platelets.

A. P. Chitre and D.S. Velaskar (1986)
Angiology 37, 306-313
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Hormonal requirements for growth of arterial smooth muscle cells in vitro: and endocrine approach to atherosclerosis.

R Weinstein, M. Stemerman, and T Maciag (1981)
Science 212, 818-820
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Coronary Vasospasm: Observations Linking the Clinical Spectrum of Ischemic Heart Disease to the Dynamic Pathology of Coronary Atherosclerosis.

B. G. Brown (1981)
Arch Intern Med 141, 716-722
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Small-Vessel Disease: Diabetic Microangiopathy.

J. R. Williamson and C. Kilo (1980)
Angiology 31, 448-454
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Selective phospholipid adsorption and atherosclerosis.

N. Gershfeld (1979)
Science 204, 506-508
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Fatty acids and their prostaglandin derivatives: inhibitors of proliferation in aortic smooth muscle cells.

J. Huttner, E. Gwebu, R. Panganamala, G. Milo, D. Cornwell, H. Sharma, and J. Geer (1977)
Science 197, 289-291
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Development of Atherosclerosis in a Saphenous Vein Coronary Bypass Graft.

J. FARRY, G. L. HAMMOND, L. S. COHEN, and S. WOLFSON (1976)
Ann Intern Med 85, 478-479
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The Common Hyperlipoproteinemias: An Understanding of Disease Mechanisms and Their Control.

W. R. FISHER and D. H. TRUITT (1976)
Ann Intern Med 85, 497-508
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Hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis.

R Ross and L Harker (1976)
Science 193, 1094-1100
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Homogenized Milk and Atherosclerosis.

J. P. Zikakis (1974)
Science 183, 472-473
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