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Infections, heat shock proteins, and atherosclerosis
1 Jul 2003
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Recent evidence indicates that infections or a pathogen burden contribute to the development and progression of atherosclerosis. While the mechanism of infection contributing to the pathogenesis is not fully elucidated, I hypothesize that heat shock proteins may be a link between infections and atherosclerosis. Heat shock proteins are a highly conserved family of proteins expressed in most cell types and have...
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