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Anti-inflammatory immune skewing is atheroprotective: Apoe−/−FcγRIIb−/− mice develop fibrous carotid plaques.
Journal of the American Heart Association - 1 Dec 2014
Harmon Erin Y, Fronhofer Van, Keller Rebecca S, Feustel Paul J, Zhu Xinmei, Xu Hao, Avram Dorina, Jones David M, Nagarajan Shanmugam, Lennartz Michelle R
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BACKGROUND: Stroke, caused by carotid plaque rupture, is a major cause of death in the United States. Whereas vulnerable human plaques have higher Fc receptor (FcγR) expression than their stable counterparts, how FcγR expression impacts plaque histology is unknown. We investigated the role of FcγRIIb in carotid plaque development and stability in apolipoprotein (Apo)e−/− and Apoe−/−FcγRIIb−/− double knockout...
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