Endothelium and endothelial dysfunction - health implications and risk for cardiovascular diseases

• Published in: Актуальні проблеми транспортної медицини
• Date: 2012
• Main Authors: Rutowski, J.A., Novotny, J., Stanciak, J.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Фізико-хімічний інститут ім. О.В. Богатського НАН України 2012
• Subjects: Теоретические статьи
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/139641
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Endothelium and endothelial dysfunction - health implications and risk for cardiovascular diseases / J.A. Rutowski, J. Novotny, J. Stanciak // Актуальні проблеми транспортної медицини. — 2012. — № 2 (28). — С. 11-14. — Бібліогр.: 11 назв. — англ.

The endothelium forms the lining of tunica intima, a single cell layer at the interface between the blood and the extravascular fluid spaces. Not many years ago ther endothelium was considered a simple structural barrier that merely modulated permeation through the vessel wall by providing pores of...