Complement protein C1q promotes macrophage autophagy during the clearance of atherogenic lipoproteins
<p> Innate immune protein C1q plays a dual role in atherosclerosis. In early stages, C1q plays a protective role, but the mechanism is not fully understood. Autophagy is a catabolic pathway that has shown to play a role in cellular survival and is an important process in many phagocytic cell...
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California State University, Long Beach
2016
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| Online Access: | http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10195419 |