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KimWrice

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Question 1

What is the initiating event that leads to the development of atherosclerosis?

◦ Release of the inflammatory cytokines
◦ Macrophages adhere to vessel walls.
◦ Injury to the endothelial cells that line the artery walls
◦ Release of the platelet-deprived growth factor

Question 2

When endothelial cells are injured, what alteration contributes to atherosclerosis?

◦ The release of toxic oxygen radicals that oxidize low-density lipoproteins (LDLs)
◦ Cells are unable to make the normal amount of vasodilating cytokines.
◦ Cells produce an increased amount of antithrombotic cytokines.
◦ Cells develop a hypersensitivity to homocysteine and lipids.
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Reply #1 on: Aug 28, 2021
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KimWrice

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