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Endothelial dysfunction drives atherosclerotic plaque macrophage-dependent abdominal aortic aneurysm formation - Nature Immunology

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By Takuo Emoto, Aniqa B. Khan, Homaira Hamidzada, Mahmoud El-Maklizi, Sara Nejat, Tao Wang, Steven R. Botts, Hangjun Zhang, Marwan G. Althagafi, Steven P. Cass, Yuya Suzuki, Emily Chen, Kathryn Howe, Tomoya Yamashita, Myron I. Cybulsky, Jesse Williams, Sarah Q. Crome, Slava Epelman, Martin R. Stämpfli, Aja Michalski, Scott P. Heximer
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Abstract Currently there is no effective pharmacotherapy to prevent the growth and rupture of abdominal aortic aneurysms. Using a mouse model that combines cigarette smoke exposure and hypercholesterolemia, we demonstrated that cigarette smoke exacerbated atherosclerosis, leading to elastin fragmentation, aneurysm formation, rupture and death.
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