In recent years, it has been shown that inΒ―ammation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Activated macrophages, T lymphocytes, and mast cells are present in atherosclerotic plaques, which has led to the notion that the inΒ―ammatory response is an immunemediated process. Com
Infection, inflammation and prostate carcinogenesis
β Scribed by Maxwell Omabe; Martin Ezeani
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 348 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1567-1348
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