Toll-Like Receptor-4 Is Expressed by Macrophages in Murine and Human Lipid-Rich Atherosclerotic Plaques and Upregulated by Oxidized LDL
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- 17 December 2001
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Circulation
- Vol. 104 (25) , 3103-3108
- https://doi.org/10.1161/hc5001.100631
Abstract
Background— Inflammation is implicated in atherogenesis and plaque disruption. Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR-2) and TLR-4, a human homologue of drosophila Toll, play an important role in the innate and...Keywords
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