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Plasmacytoid dendritic cells play a key role in promoting atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E-deficient mice.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Nov 2012
Macritchie Neil, Grassia Gianluca, Sabir Suleman R, Maddaluno Marcella, Welsh Paul, Sattar Naveed, Ialenti Armando, Kurowska-Stolarska Mariola, McInnes Iain B, Brewer James M, Garside Paul, Maffia Pasquale
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OBJECTIVE: Clinical studies have identified that reduced numbers of circulating plasmacytoid dendritic cells (pDCs) act as a predictor of cardiovascular events in coronary artery disease and that pDCs are detectable in the shoulder region of human atherosclerotic plaques, where rupture is most li...
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