• Department of Vascular Surgery, The Affiliated Hospital, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, Sichuan Province, China;
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Objective  To review research advances in atherosclerosis of removal mechanisms of apoptotic cells.
Method  The literatures about the removal mechanisms of the apoptotic cells were reviewed.
Results  The removal factors of apoptotic cells, such as transglutaminase 2, milk fat globule-EGF-factor 8, complement system,c-Mer proto-oncogene tyrosine protein kinase,and Fas,might cause the lipid core of the atherosclerotic plaque if one of them was defective phagocytic clearance.
Conclusion  How to remove the surplus of the phagocytosis and study the common pathways of the downstream signal of its receptor were the future direction of development.

Citation: WANG Haifei,CHEN Kai,ZHENG Jianghua. Research Advances in Atherosclerosis of Removal Mechanisms of Apoptotic Cells. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2012, 19(2): 224-227. doi: Copy