highly metabolically active organ that is involved in many physiopathological processes,
including the control of vasomotor tone, barrier function, leukocyte adhesion, and trafficking
and inflammation. In this review, we summarized and described the following:(i) endothelial
cell function in physiological conditions and (ii) endothelial cell activation and dysfunction in
the main cardiovascular diseases (such as atherosclerosis, and hypertension) and to …