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Human genetic evidence for involvement of CD137 in atherosclerosis.
Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) - 14 Oct 2014
Söderström Leif Å, Gertow Karl, Folkersen Lasse, Sabater-Lleal Maria, Sundman Eva, Sheikine Yuri, Goel Anuj, Baldassarre Damiano, Humphries Steve E, de Faire Ulf, Watkins Hugh, Tremoli Elena, Veglia Fabrizio, Hamsten Anders, Hansson Göran K, Olofsson Peder S
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Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease and the main cause of cardiovascular disease. Inflammation promotes plaque instability and clinical disease, such as myocardial infarction, stroke and peripheral vascular disease. Subclinical atherosclerosis begins with thickening of the arterial intimal layer, and increased intima-media thickness (IMT) in the carotid artery is a widely used measurement of subclinical...
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