The interplay of lipids, lipoproteins, and immunity in atherosclerosis

A Pirillo, F Bonacina, GD Norata… - Current atherosclerosis …, 2018 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disorder of the arterial wall,
in which several players contribute to the onset and progression of the disease. Besides the …

[HTML][HTML] Atorvastatin inhibits inflammatory response, attenuates lipid deposition, and improves the stability of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques by modulating …

S Peng, LW Xu, XY Che, QQ Xiao, J Pu… - Frontiers in …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Atherosclerosis is a chronic disease comprising intima malfunction and arterial
inflammation. Recent studies have demonstrated that autophagy could inhibit inflammatory …

Cbx3 inhibits vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation, migration, and neointima formation

C Zhang, D Chen, EM Maguire, S He… - Cardiovascular …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Aims To investigate the role of chromobox protein homolog 3 (Cbx3) in vascular smooth
muscle cell (VSMC) proliferation, migration, and neointima formation following vascular …

Aging and the Inflammasomes

F Marín-Aguilar, J Ruiz-Cabello… - … : Clinical and therapeutic …, 2018 - Springer
The inflammasomes are innate immune system sensors that control the activation of
caspase-1 and induce inflammation in response to infectious microbes and molecules …

[HTML][HTML] Association between Interleukin-18 promoter polymorphisms and risk of ischemic stroke: A case-control study

NM Bakr, NA Hashim, A Awad, AA Sarhan - Egyptian Journal of Medical …, 2018 - Elsevier
Background Ischemic stroke (IS) is one of the main causes of death worldwide. It is worthy to
attempt to identify genes that acts as risk factors for IS for early prediction and primary …