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The multiple roles of macrophage scavenger receptors (MSR) in vivo: resistance to atherosclerosis and susceptibility to infection in MSR knockout mice.
Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis - 1 Jan 1997
Suzuki H, Kurihara Y, Takeya M, Kamada N, Kataoka M, Jishage K, Sakaguchi H, Kruijt J K, Higashi T, Suzuki T, van Berkel T J, Horiuchi S, Takahashi K, Yazaki Y, Kodama T
Abstract excerpt
Both type I and type II MSRs are integral membrane proteins containing a collagenous domain and elicit an extraordinarily wide range of ligand binding capability. They were found during the search for the molecule(s) responsible for the accumulation of modified LDL during atherogenesis. However,...
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