Are low free-thyroxine levels a risk factor for subclinical atherosclerosis in euthyroid hyperlipidemic patients?
Low FTL is a risk factor for atherosclerosis in male euthyroid hyperlipidemic patients.
BM-MSCs from SSc patients behave as pericytes. They display a more mature and myofibroblast-like phenotype, probably related to microenvironmental cues operating during the disease. After their co-culture with HC-MVECs, SSc BM-MSCs underwent to a phenotypic modulation which re-programs these cells toward a pro-angiogenic behaviour.