Identification of candidate genes linking systemic inflammation to atherosclerosis; results of a human <it>in vivo</it> LPS infusion study

• Main Authors: Gusnanto Arief (Author), Zwaginga Jaap (Author), Maiwald Stephanie (Author), van Beem Rachel T (Author), Langford Cordelia F (Author), Nieuwdorp Max (Author), Farrugia Rosienne (Author), Sivapalaratnam Suthesh (Author), Watkins Nicholas A (Author), Trip Mieke D (Author), Ouwehand Willem H (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2011-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>It is widely accepted that atherosclerosis and inflammation are intimately linked. Monocytes play a key role in both of these processes and we hypothesized that activation of inflammatory pathways in monocytes would lead to, among ot...