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Nature 420, 868-874 (19 December 2002) | doi:10.1038/nature01323
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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Functional Neuroimaging
- The National Institute of Mental Health
- Bethesda, MD
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- University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences Vienna
- Vienna 1190 Austria
review article Inflammation in atherosclerosis
Peter Libby
Abstract
Abundant data link hypercholesterolaemia to atherogenesis. However, only recently have we appreciated that inflammatory mechanisms couple dyslipidaemia to atheroma formation. Leukocyte recruitment and expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines characterize early atherogenesis, and malfunction of inflammatory mediators mutes atheroma formation in mice. Moreover, inflammatory pathways promote thrombosis, a late and dreaded complication of atherosclerosis responsible for myocardial infarctions and most strokes. The new appreciation of the role of inflammation in atherosclerosis provides a mechanistic framework for understanding the clinical benefits of lipid-lowering therapies. Identifying the triggers for inflammation and unravelling the details of inflammatory pathways may eventually furnish new therapeutic targets.
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