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Lineage tracing of cells involved in atherosclerosis.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Aug 2016
Albarrán-Juárez Julián, Kaur Harmandeep, Grimm Myriam, Offermanns Stefan, Wettschureck Nina
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Despite the clinical importance of atherosclerosis, the origin of cells within atherosclerotic plaques is not fully understood. Due to the lack of a definitive lineage-tracing strategy, previous studies have provided controversial results about the origin of cells expressing smooth muscle and macrophage markers in atherosclerosis. We here aim to identify the origin of vascular smooth muscle...
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