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Increased soluble FcgammaRIIIa(Mphi) in plasma from patients with coronary artery diseases.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Oct 2006
Masuda Midori, Miyoshi Hironori, Kobatake Shinzo, Nishimura Noriko, Dong Xian H, Komiyama Yutaka, Takahashi Hakuo
Abstract excerpt
Atherosclerosis is the underlying disease process in patients affected with coronary artery diseases (CAD). Macrophages play a major role in the development of vascular lesions in atherogenesis. The cells express Fcgamma receptor type IIIa (FcgammaRIIIa: CD16) identical to that in natural killer cells (NK cells), but with a cell type-specific glycosylation. In contrast, neutrophils express FcgammaRIIIb. These...
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