The role of traditional Chinese medicine in the treatment of atherosclerosis through the regulation of macrophage activity.
Biomed Pharmacother
; 118: 109375, 2019 Oct.
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| ID: mdl-31548175
ABSTRACT
Atherosclerosis (AS) is the main cause of ischemic cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and peripheral vascular diseases. Macrophage activity has been proven to play a critical role during the AS pathological process, which involves the adhesion, aggregation of mononuclear-macrophages, cell differentiation of M1/M2 macrophages as part of complex mechanisms occurring during lipid metabolism, apoptosis, autophagy, inflammation and immune reaction. Therefore, the development of effective AS treatments is likely to target macrophage activity. Certain herbal extracts (such as Salvia miltiorrhiza) have exhibited enormous potential for AS treatment in the past. Here, we aim to provide a summary on the current understanding of the type of action and the underlying target/pathway in macrophage regulation of certain herbal extracts used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for treatment of AS.
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Bases de datos:
MEDLINE
Medicinas Tradicionales:
Medicinas_tradicionales_de_asia
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Medicina_china
Métodos Terapéuticos y Terapias MTCI:
Terapias_biologicas
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Plantas_medicinales
Asunto principal:
Medicamentos Herbarios Chinos
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Aterosclerosis
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Macrófagos
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Biomed Pharmacother
Año:
2019
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
China