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The processes of arterial remodeling involve regulation of vascular cell dynamics and control of matrix synthesis and degradation [ 1 ] . Endothelial cell (EC) proliferation is observed in flow-induced arterial dilation [ 2 ] and in vessel luminal expansion in mesenteric arterial collaterals in the rat [ 3 ] . Smooth muscle cells (SMC) have also been shown to proliferate in the vessel dilatation remodeling [ 3 ] . In the meantime, extracellular matrix (ECM) is involved in a variety of remodeling processes [ 4 5 6 7 8 9 ] including flow-induced arterial dilation [ 10 ] . These observations indicate that cell proliferation and ECM accumulation are critically involved in vessel remodeling.
VEGF has also been shown to mediate the vessel growth that characterizes tumor expansion as well as the neovascularization that is associated with diabetic retinopathy.
Fabry disease is an X-linked disorder resulting in reduced activity of the lysosomal enzyme α-galactosidase A [ 1 2 ] . This results in the systemic accumulation of D-galatosyl conjugates, particularly globotriosylceramide (Gb3) [ 3 4 ] . Although the disorder is heterogeneous, patients suffer renal, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular complications [ 4 ] . Enzyme replacement therapy has recently shown to have an effect on resting cerebral blood flow abnormalities and on other organ systems functions [ 5 6 ] . In the cerebrovascular system there is an increased incidence of stroke together with vessel ectasia [ 7 ] . This may be related to the progressive accumulation of storage material in the cerebral vessel or possibly, may be due to an abnormality of vessel function [ 8 9 ] . The cerebrovascular complications are distributed predominantly in the posterior circulation with a progressive increase over time in the posterior distribution of small vessel disease as found on T 2 -weighted images or fluid attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) MR [ 7 10 11 ] . It likely that such high signal lesions on MR images represent ischemic small vessel disease, however, there are no neuropathological-radiological correlative studies confirming this assumption.
The responses seen in the experimental models may thus be quite different in terms of the kinetics of vessel growth as well as the nature of the resultant vessels.
Conversely, it has been proposed that incomplete vessel occlusion with the filter devices allows passage of debris through the holes of the filter devices.
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