Small size apolipoprotein(a) isoforms enhance inflammatory and proteolytic potential of collagen-primed monocytes
Abstract Background Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory process involving activation of monocytes recruited by various chemoattractant factors, among which lipoprotein(a) and its specific apolipoprotein apo(a). Lp(a) contains a specific apolipoprotein apo(a) which size is determined by a variable num...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2019-08-01
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| Series: | Lipids in Health and Disease |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12944-019-1106-4 |