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IL-1β (Interleukin-1β) and TNF-α (Tumor Necrosis Factor-α) Impact Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Formation by Differential Effects on Macrophage Polarization.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Feb 2018
Batra Rishi, Suh Melissa K, Carson Jeffrey S, Dale Matthew A, Meisinger Trevor M, Fitzgerald Matthew, Opperman Patrick J, Luo Jiangtao, Pipinos Iraklis I, Xiong Wanfen, Baxter B Timothy
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OBJECTIVE: Abdominal aortic aneurysms are inflammatory in nature and are associated with some risk factors that also lead to atherosclerotic occlusive disease, most notably smoking. The purpose of our study was to identify differential cytokine expression in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm and those with atherosclerotic occlusive disease. Based on this analysis, we further explored and compared the...
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