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Macrophage beta3 integrin suppresses hyperlipidemia-induced inflammation by modulating TNFalpha expression.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Dec 2007
Schneider Jochen G, Zhu Yimin, Coleman Trey, Semenkovich Clay F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: High-fat, cholesterol-containing diets contribute to hyperlipidemia. Both high-fat diets and hyperlipidemia are associated with chronic inflammatory diseases like atherosclerosis. Integrins, heterodimeric mediators of inflammatory cell recruitment, are not generally thought to be affected by diet. However, high-fat feeding promotes inflammation, atherosclerosis, and death in hyperlipidemic mice with...
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