Monocyte-Chemoattractant Protein-1 Levels in Human Atherosclerotic Lesions Associate With Plaque Vulnerability

Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2021 Jun;41(6):2038-2048. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.121.316091. Epub 2021 Apr 8.

Abstract

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Keywords: atherosclerosis; carotid stenosis; chemokines; collagen; macrophages.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biomarkers / blood
  • Carotid Stenosis / blood*
  • Carotid Stenosis / mortality
  • Carotid Stenosis / pathology
  • Carotid Stenosis / surgery
  • Chemokine CCL2 / blood*
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Endarterectomy, Carotid / adverse effects
  • Endarterectomy, Carotid / mortality
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Plaque, Atherosclerotic*
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Risk Assessment
  • Risk Factors
  • Rupture, Spontaneous
  • Stroke / etiology
  • Time Factors

Substances

  • Biomarkers
  • CCL2 protein, human
  • Chemokine CCL2