Reaction–diffusion model of atherosclerosis development

Atherosclerosis begins as an inflammation in blood vessel walls (intima). The inflammatory response of the organism leads to the recruitment of monocytes. Trapped in the intima, they differentiate into macrophages and foam cells leading to the production of inflammatory cytokines and further recruit...

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Main Author: El Khatib, N. (author)
Other Authors: Génieys, S. (author), Kazmierczak, B. (author), Volpert, V. (author)
Format: article
Published: 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10725/2355
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00285-011-0461-1
http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00285-011-0461-1
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