Improving endothelial vasomotor function

摘要

The vascular endothelium is a confluent, cellular monolayer that lines the entire vascular compartment at the interface between blood and the vessel wall. This "organ" possesses complex endocrine and paracrine functions and is intimately concerned in controlling vasomotor tone and preventing atherosclerosis and thrombosis. Indeed, endothelial dysfunction plays a key part in the pathogenesis and progression of atherosclerosis.