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Record Nr.

UNINA9910144664003321

Titolo

Atherogenesis [[electronic resource] ] : initiating factors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Elsevier, 1973

ISBN

0-470-71995-8

1-283-64460-6

0-470-71762-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Collana

Novartis Foundation Symposia

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; new ser. 12

Disciplina

616.136071

Soggetti

Arteriosclerosis - Etiology

Arteries - Diseases

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Held at the Ciba Foundation, London, July 5-6, 1972.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Atherogenesis: Initiating Factors; Contents; Introduction; Tissue changes and lipid entry in developing atheroma; Discussion; Lipids and low-density lipoproteins in intima in relation to its morphological characteristics; Discussion; Regulation of cell cholesterol content; Discussion; Response of the arterial wall to certain physical factors; Discussion; Transport of material between blood and wall in arteries; Discussion; Lipid synthesis and degradation and lipoprotein transport in mammalian aorta; Discussion; Possible role of the glycosaminoglycans in the genesis of atherosclerosis

DiscussionSubcellular fractionation studies on the cells isolated from normal and atherosclerotic aortas; Discussion; The structure of human serum low- and high-density lipoproteins; Discussion; Cholesterol exchange between surface layers and plasma proteins in bulk; Discussion; General Discussion; Summing up; Index of contributors; Subject index