A brief elevation of serum amyloid A is sufficient to increase atherosclerosis[S]

A brief elevation of serum amyloid A is sufficient to increase atherosclerosis[S]

Serum amyloid A (SAA) has a number of proatherogenic effects including induction of vascular proteoglycans. Chronically elevated SAA was recently shown to increase atherosclerosis in mice. The purpose of this study was to determine whether a brief increase in SAA similarly increased atherosclerosis...

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Main Authors: Joel C. Thompson, Colton Jayne, Jennifer Thompson, Patricia G. Wilson, Meghan H. Yoder, Nancy Webb, Lisa R. Tannock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015-02-01
Series:Journal of Lipid Research
Subjects:
apolipoproteins
extracellular matrix
lipoproteins
proteoglycans
vascular biology
free-form: biglycan
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022227520356145

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