Small size apolipoprotein(a) isoforms enhance inflammatory and proteolytic potential of collagen-primed monocytes

Abstract Background Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory process involving activation of monocytes recruited by various chemoattractant factors, among which lipoprotein(a) and its specific apolipoprotein apo(a). Lp(a) contains a specific apolipoprotein apo(a) which size is determined by a variable num...

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Main Authors: Nadia Sabbah, Stéphane Jaisson, Roselyne Garnotel, Eduardo Anglés-Cano, Philippe Gillery
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-08-01
Series:Lipids in Health and Disease
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12944-019-1106-4