Cells become senescent in response to stress and damage, and there is a great deal of stress and damage taking place in the toxic environment of an atherosclerotic plaque. These fatty plaques develop with age in blood vessel walls throughout the body. Many contributing factors determine the age of onset and pace of progression of atherosclerosis, but at the center of it all, atherosclerotic plaques form and grow because macrophage cells of the innate immune system fail to keep up with clearance of excess cholesterol delivered from the bloodstream int…
Delivering Senolytic Nanoparticles to Atherosclerotic Plaques in Mice
Cells become senescent in response to stress and damage, and there is a great deal of stress and damage taking place in the toxic environment of an atherosclerotic plaque. These fatty plaques develop with age in blood vessel walls throughout the body. Many contributing factors determine the age of onset and pace of progression of atherosclerosis, but at the center of it all, atherosclerotic plaques form and grow because macrophage cells of the innate immune system fail to keep up with clearance of excess cholesterol delivered from the bloodstream int…