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Lack of myeloid Fatp1 increases atherosclerotic lesion size in Ldlr-/- mice.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Nov 2017
Zhao Liyang, Cozzo Alyssa J, Johnson Amy R, Christensen Taylor, Freemerman Alex J, Bear James E, Rotty Jeremy D, Bennett Brian J, Makowski Liza
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BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Altered metabolism is an important regulator of macrophage (MΦ) phenotype, which contributes to inflammatory diseases such as atherosclerosis. Broadly, pro-inflammatory, classically-activated MΦs (CAM) are glycolytic while alternatively-activated MΦs (AAM) oxidize fatty acids, although overlap exists. We previously demonstrated that MΦ fatty acid transport protein 1 (FATP1, Slc27a1) was...
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