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Oxidized LDL enhances pro-inflammatory responses of alternatively activated M2 macrophages: a crucial role for Krüppel-like factor 2.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Feb 2011
van Tits L J H, Stienstra R, van Lent P L, Netea M G, Joosten L A B, Stalenhoef A F H
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OBJECTIVE: Macrophages are key players in atherogenesis because of their properties to form foam cells that produce a large variety of pro-inflammatory mediators. We addressed the potency of phenotypic different macrophages to accumulate oxidized LDL. METHODS AND RESULTS: Surprisingly, anti-infla...
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