Cardiovascular diseases hold primacy as a leading cause of morbidity and mortality
worldwide, making especially engaging the research towards the identification of the
potential underlying mechanisms as well as the prognostic factors and predictors of the
disease. Despite being extensively studied, atherogenesis and its progression remain
among the most fascinating phenomena, with various interrogatives still open. The
atherosclerotic process is multifactorial, involves different cells, and generates new cellular …