Prevention of CaCl2-induced aortic inflammation and subsequent aneurysm formation by the CCL3–CCR5 axis

Inflammatory cytokines and chemokines are involved in the development of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). Here the authors show that CCL3 prevents the development of CaCl2-induced AAA by suppressing MMP-9 expression.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yuko Ishida, Yumi Kuninaka, Mizuho Nosaka, Akihiko Kimura, Akira Taruya, Machi Furuta, Naofumi Mukaida, Toshikazu Kondo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19763-0