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Loss of CXCR4 on non-classical monocytes in participants of the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) with subclinical atherosclerosis.
Cardiovascular research - 1 May 2019
Mueller Karin A L, Hanna David B, Ehinger Erik, Xue Xiaonan, Baas Livia, Gawaz Meinrad P, Geisler Tobias, Anastos Kathryn, Cohen Mardge H, Gange Stephen J, Heath Sonya L, Lazar Jason M, Liu Chenglong, Mack Wendy J, Ofotokun Igho, Tien Phyllis C, Hodis Howard N, Landay Alan L, Kaplan Robert C, Ley Klaus
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AIMS: To test whether human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and subclinical cardiovascular disease (sCVD) are associated with expression of CXCR4 and other surface markers on classical, intermediate, and non-classical monocytes in women. METHODS AND RESULTS: sCVD was defined as presence of atherosclerotic lesions in the carotid artery in 92 participants of the Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS)....
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