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- not comparableThat produces or initiates thrombogenesis
VSMCs, endothelial cells, and macrophages produce a myriad of proatheogenic proinflammatory and prothrombogenic molecules including lipid mediators such as various forms of eicosanoides, mainly prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) which in turn amplify the effects of cytokines [8 ,9 ].
2015 July 11, “AMPK Signaling Involvement for the Repression of the IL-1β-Induced Group IIA Secretory Phospholipase A2 Expression in VSMCs”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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