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Coronary intraplaque hemorrhage evokes a novel atheroprotective macrophage phenotype.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Mar 2009
Boyle Joseph J, Harrington Heather A, Piper Emma, Elderfield Kay, Stark Jaroslav, Landis Robert C, Haskard Dorian O
Abstract excerpt
Intraplaque hemorrhage accelerates atherosclerosis via oxidant stress and contributes to lesion development and destabilization. Normally, macrophages scavenge hemoglobin-haptoglobin (HbHp) complexes via CD163, and this process provokes the secretion of the anti-inflammatory atheroprotective cytokine interleukin (IL)-10. We therefore tested the hypothesis that HbHp complexes may drive monocyte differentiation to...
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