Association of chronic inflammation and accelerated atherosclerosis among an indigenous black population with chronic kidney disease.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Inflammation plays a major role in the development of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in chronic kidney disease (CKD) patients. Toll-like receptor-4 (TLR4) is a major receptor for lipopolysaccharides (endotoxin) and other ligands involved i...

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Main Authors: Muzamil Olamide Hassan, Therese Dix-Peek, Raquel Duarte, Caroline Dickens, Sagren Naidoo, Ahmed Vachiat, Sacha Grinter, Pravin Manga, Saraladevi Naicker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232741