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Genetic and epigenetic regulation of inflammasomes: Role in atherosclerosis.
Atherosclerosis - 1 Sept 2024
Yalcinkaya Mustafa, Tall Alan R
Abstract excerpt
The cardiovascular complications of atherosclerosis are thought to arise from an inflammatory response to the accumulation of cholesterol-rich lipoproteins in the arterial wall. The positive outcome of CANTOS (Canakinumab Anti-inflammatory Thrombosis Outcome Study) provided key evidence to support this concept and suggested that inflammasomes and IL-1β are important inflammatory mediators in human atherosclerotic...
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