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Older cells can cause arteriosclerosis

2005/07/01 Elhuyar Zientzia Iturria: Elhuyar aldizkaria

American researchers have found that the cells of the arteries can produce arteriosclerosis in aging. It has been explained that in the mitochondria of old cells oxygen is free, which destroys the walls of the arteries, to remedy it the immune system sends certain cells that can hinder the circulation of cholesterol and cause atherosclerosis.