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Mitochondrial ROS drive foam cell formation via STAT5 signaling in atherosclerosis

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cDC1s Promote Atherosclerosis via Local Immunity and Are Targetable for Therapy

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Adrenal gland macrophages regulate glucocorticoid production through Trem2 and TGF-β

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The Role of Activator Protein-1 Complex in Diabetes-Associated Atherosclerosis: Insights From Single-Cell RNA Sequencing

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Single-Cell Transcriptomics Reveals the Cellular Heterogeneity of Cardiovascular Diseases

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Characterization of prostate macrophage heterogeneity, foam cell markers, and CXCL17 upregulation in a mouse model of steroid hormone imbalance

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Macrophage KDM2A promotes atherosclerosis via regulating FYN and inducing inflammatory response

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Single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) and its insights into cellular heterogeneity in atherosclerosis

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Spatial transcriptomics reveals alterations in perivascular macrophage lipid metabolism in the onset of Wooden Breast myopathy in broiler chickens

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Lipid droplet-associated hydrolase mobilizes stores of liver X receptor sterol ligands and protects against atherosclerosis

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Metabolic regulation of macrophage proliferation and function in atherosclerosis

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A Lipid-Structured Model of Atherosclerotic Plaque Macrophages with Lipid-Dependent Kinetics

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New Targets in Atherosclerosis: Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Plasticity and Macrophage Polarity

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Atherosclerotic plaque development in mice is enhanced by myeloid ZEB1 downregulation

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LIPA, a risk locus for coronary artery disease: decoding the variant-to-function relationship

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Heterogeneity of Macrophages in Atherosclerosis

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Response by Kim and Choi to Letter Regarding Article, “Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Nonfoamy Rather Than Foamy Plaque Macrophages Are Proinflammatory in Atherosclerotic Murine Models”

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Loss of embryonically-derived Kupffer cells during hypercholesterolemia accelerates atherosclerosis development

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Oxidized LDL stimulates PKM2-mediated mtROS production and phagocytosis

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Translocator protein imaging with 18F-FEDAC-positron emission tomography in rabbit atherosclerosis and its presence in human coronary vulnerable plaques

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The heterogeneous cellular landscape of atherosclerosis: Implications for future research and therapies. A collaborative review from the EAS young fellows

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How lactate and lactylation shape the immunity system in atherosclerosis (Review)

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Trimethylamine- N -Oxide Affects Cell Type–Specific Pathways and Networks in Mouse Aorta to Promote Atherosclerotic Plaque Vulnerability

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Identification of immune infiltration-related biomarkers in carotid atherosclerotic plaques

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Cholesterol accumulation impairs HIF-1α-dependent immunometabolic reprogramming of LPS-stimulated macrophages by upregulating the NRF2 pathway

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Integrated Single-Cell Analysis Revealed Novel Subpopulations of Foamy Macrophages in Human Atherosclerotic Plaques

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Netrin-1 in Atherosclerosis: Relationship between Human Macrophage Intracellular Levels and In Vivo Plaque Morphology

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Induction of microRNA hsa-let-7d-5p, and repression of HMGA2, contribute protection against lipid accumulation in macrophage ‘foam’ cells

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Identification of ITGAX and CCR1 as potential biomarkers of atherosclerosis via Gene Set Enrichment Analysis

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Over expression of ACE in myeloid cells increases immune effectiveness and leads to a new way of considering inflammation in acute and chronic diseases.

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HDACs and Their Inhibitors on Post-Translational Modifications: The Regulation of Cardiovascular Disease

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Differential Expression of Subsets of Genes Related to HDL Metabolism and Atherogenesis in the Peripheral Blood in Coronary Artery Disease

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Multiplex Imaging for Cell Phenotyping of Early Human Atherosclerosis

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TMT-based quantitative proteomic profiling of human monocyte-derived macrophages and foam cells

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Circulating gut microbiota-related metabolites influence endothelium plaque lesion formation in ApoE knockout rats

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The influence of phytochemicals on cell heterogeneity in chronic inflammation-associated diseases: the prospects of single cell sequencing

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Single-cell transcriptome sequencing of macrophages in common cardiovascular diseases

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The role of macrophage polarization in vascular calcification

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ADAMTS7 promotes smooth muscle foam cell expansion in atherosclerosis

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A new lipid-structured model to investigate the opposing effects of LDL and HDL on atherosclerotic plaque macrophages

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A comparative gene expression matrix in Apoe-deficient mice identifies unique and atherosclerotic disease stage-specific gene regulation patterns in monocytes and macrophages

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Highly oxidized low‐density lipoprotein mediates activation of monocytes but does not confer interleukin‐1 β secretion nor interleukin‐15 transpresentation function

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The lncRNA GAS5 upregulates ANXA2 to mediate the macrophage inflammatory response during atherosclerosis development

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Disruption of the eEF1A1/ARID3A/PKC‐δ Complex by Neferine Inhibits Macrophage Glycolytic Reprogramming in Atherosclerosis

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Macrophage TREM2 as a new player in atherosclerosis

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