pericollateral en · ADJ
Etymology
From peri- + collateral.
Meanings
-
(not-comparable) Surrounding a collateral artery.
This is also supported by the remarkably similar phenotypes of mice deficient for the cognate receptor of MCP-1, CCR-2 [5 ], and MK2 in the mouse model of HLI. Both show strongly impaired growth of collaterals and pericollateral recruitment of macrophages associated with marked impairment of ischemic blood flow recovery.
2015 October 3, “MAP-Kinase Activated Protein Kinase 2 Links Endothelial Activation and Monocyte/macrophage Recruitment in Arteriogenesis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI: