Abstract
Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death in the Western World and has been for decades a field of intense research. Yet, while there is a rich and diverse literature describing in detail the players and mechanisms involved in this complex disease in cell and animal models, we remain today with virtually no reliable markers for early diagnosis and targeted treatments options. This review is centered upon the latter. We summarize the latest studies focused on detecting endothelial dysfunction during the early stages of atherosclerosis, when the disease is asymptomatic and describe strategies recently proposed to image and target advanced plaque.
Keywords: Atherosclerosis, biomarkers, endothelial cells, receptors, early diagnosis, direct targeting.
Current Pharmaceutical Design
Title:Importance of Receptor-targeted Systems in the Battle Against Atherosclerosis
Volume: 19 Issue: 33
Author(s): Elisabet Rosas, Igor Sobenin, Alexander Orekhov, Elazer R. Edelman and Mercedes Balcells
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Keywords: Atherosclerosis, biomarkers, endothelial cells, receptors, early diagnosis, direct targeting.
Abstract: Atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death in the Western World and has been for decades a field of intense research. Yet, while there is a rich and diverse literature describing in detail the players and mechanisms involved in this complex disease in cell and animal models, we remain today with virtually no reliable markers for early diagnosis and targeted treatments options. This review is centered upon the latter. We summarize the latest studies focused on detecting endothelial dysfunction during the early stages of atherosclerosis, when the disease is asymptomatic and describe strategies recently proposed to image and target advanced plaque.
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Rosas Elisabet, Sobenin Igor, Orekhov Alexander, Edelman R. Elazer and Balcells Mercedes, Importance of Receptor-targeted Systems in the Battle Against Atherosclerosis, Current Pharmaceutical Design 2013; 19 (33) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612811319330010
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1381612811319330010 |
Print ISSN 1381-6128 |
Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
Online ISSN 1873-4286 |
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