http://http//www.thrombosisjournal.com/content/1/1/4/comments The latest comments on the article 'Risk factors in coronary atherosclerosis athero-inflammation: the meeting point' 2004-02-26T00:00:00Z This is an RSS newsfeed from BioMed Central It is intended to be used with an RSS reader. For more information about RSS newsfeeds from BioMed Central, visit http://www.biomedcentral.com/info/about/rss/ http://http//www.thrombosisjournal.com/content/1/1/4/comments#6454 <p>Dr. Altman,</p><p>Congratulations on your fine review aricle. I found it to be very informative and extrememly well written!</p><p>I think it is exciting that Redox Stress occurs upstream from the inflammatory process and is further induced by the inflammatory process creating a pernicious cycle of damage and dysfunction to the endothelial cell!</p><p>I work with Dr. Tyagi of reference 145 and we are quite interested in diabetes and homocysteine.</p><p>We think it is also exciting that the induced vasa vasorum acts as a custom delivery system to deliver the accelerated substrates to continue the ongoing inflammatory process within the atherosclerotic proinflammatory and prothrombotic vulnerable plaques. We also feel that diabetes is a vascular disease even before the diagnosis of overt type 2 diabetes.</p><p>Cardiovasular Diabetology: Vol 3:1 Feb 2004 Vasa vasorum....</p><p>Is type 2 diaabetes a vascular disease Feb 2003</p><p>INtimal redox stress.... Sept 2002</p><p>We are interested in your thoughts regarding von Willebrand factor in the setting of accelerated atherosclerosis --&#62; atheroscleropathy,metabolic syndrome,and overt type 2 diabetes mellitus in atherothrombosis ?</p><p>Again, thank you for a great paper in this exciting field of study!</p><p>Sincerely,</p><p>M.R. (Pete) Hayden, M.D.</p><p>Adjunct Assistant Professor</p><p>Department of Family and Community Medicine</p><p>University of Missouri</p><p>School of Medicine</p> Melvin Hayden 2004-02-26T00:00:00Z