“…In addition, although no obvious adverse effect on the proliferation of VSMCs was observed for most Mg stents alloyed with a low amount of rare earth elements (cerium, neodymium, yttrium, and ytterbium), certain Mg–Li-(Al)-(RE) alloys that have application potentials for cardiovascular stents, became harmful to the proliferation of VSMCs after 5 days of coculture when the Mg–Li-(Al) alloys were still quite tolerable . Notably, in VSMCs 10 mM MgCl 2 was recently shown to significantly attenuate the ox-LDLs-triggered inflammation (e.g., the release of IL-1β, IL-18, and lactate dehydrogenase production) and block the pyroptosis (as indicated by the inhibition of NOD-like receptor thermal protein domain associated protein 3, apoptosis-associated speck like protein containing a CARD, caspase-1, and gasdermin D) by downregulating the TLR4/NF-κB pathway in VSMC-derived foam cells . Collectively, VSMC expansion could be restricted by the corrosion products of Mg-based DMSs in vivo , and precisely controlling their corrosion and the amassing of the released Mg 2+ would effectively tune the survival and proliferation.…”