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Record Nr.

UNINA9911020240003321

Titolo

Atherogenesis : initiating factors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Elsevier, 1973

ISBN

9780470719954

0470719958

9781283644600

1283644606

9780470717622

0470717629

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (298 p.)

Collana

Ciba Foundation symposium ; ; new ser. 12

Disciplina

616.136071

Soggetti

Arteriosclerosis - Etiology

Arteries - Diseases

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

Sommario/riassunto

The Novartis Foundation Series is a popular collection of the proceedings from Novartis Foundation Symposia, in which groups of leading scientists from a range of topics across biology, chemistry and



medicine assembled to present papers and discuss results. The Novartis Foundation, originally known as the Ciba Foundation, is well known to scientists and clinicians around the world.