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Atherosclerotic Plaque Instability and Rupture: Recommended Mouse Models to Empower Clinically Relevant Discoveries, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics.
Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology - 1 Oct 2025
Noonan Jonathan, Cardoso Luis, Bobik Alex, Peter Karlheinz
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CLINICAL PROBLEM: Atherosclerotic plaque instability/rupture is the major driver of myocardial infarction and stroke, the leading causes of cardiovascular morbidity/mortality. However, the mechanisms leading to plaque rupture are poorly understood. This limits our ability to establish sensitive and diagnostic tools to identify plaques that are prone to rupture and to develop much-needed plaque-stabilizing...
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