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IRF2BP2 Reduces Macrophage Inflammation and Susceptibility to Atherosclerosis.
Circulation research - 25 Sept 2015
Chen Hsiao-Huei, Keyhanian Kianoosh, Zhou Xun, Vilmundarson Ragnar O, Almontashiri Naif A M, Cruz Shelly A, Pandey Nihar R, Lerma Yap Nida, Ho Tiffany, Stewart Chloe A, Huang Hua, Hari Aswin, Geoffrion Michele, McPherson Ruth, Rayner Katey J, Stewart Alexandre F R
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: Inflammation impairs macrophage cholesterol clearance from vascular tissues and promotes atherosclerosis. Inflammatory macrophages suppress expression of the transcription cofactor interferon regulatory factor 2-binding protein 2 (IRF2BP2), and genetic variants near IRF2BP2 associate with ischemic heart disease progression in humans. OBJECTIVES: To test whether IRF2BP2 in macrophages affects...
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