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Pro-inflammatory genetic markers of atherosclerosis.
Current atherosclerosis reports - 1 Jun 2013
Incalcaterra Egle, Accardi Giulia, Balistreri Carmela Rita, Caimi Gregorio, Candore Giuseppina, Caruso Marco, Caruso Calogero
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Atherosclerosis (AS) is a chronic, progressive, multifactorial disease mostly affecting large and medium-sized elastic and muscular arteries. It has formerly been considered a bland lipid storage disease. Currently, multiple independent pathways of evidence suggest this pathological condition is a peculiar form of inflammation, triggered by cholesterol-rich lipoproteins and influenced both by environmental and...
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