Cohort profile: the Utrecht Cardiovascular Cohort–Second Manifestations of Arterial Disease (UCC-SMART) Study–an ongoing prospective cohort study of patients at high cardiovascular risk in the Netherlands

Maria C. Castelijns, Marga A. G. Helmink, Steven H J Hageman, +23

BMJ Open

Diacylglycerols and Lysophosphatidic Acid, Enriched on Lipoprotein(a), Contribute to Monocyte Inflammation

Kim E. Dzobo, Arjen J. Cupido, Barend M. Mol, +16

Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology

Female Gene Networks Are Expressed in Myofibroblast-Like Smooth Muscle Cells in Vulnerable Atherosclerotic Plaques

Ernest Diez Benavente, Santosh Karnewar, Michele F. Buono, +21

Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology

X chromosome inactivation skewing is common in advanced carotid atherosclerotic lesions in females and predicts secondary peripheral artery events

Michele F. Buono, Ernest Diez Benavente, Mark A. Daniëls, +9

Biology of Sex Differences

Atherosclerotic Plaque Epigenetic Age Acceleration Predicts a Poor Prognosis and Is Associated With Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition in Humans

Ernest Diez Benavente, Robin Hartman, Tim R. Sakkers, +17

Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology

Colchicine promotes atherosclerotic plaque stability independently of inflammation

Weizhen Li, Alexander Y. Lin, Michael Hutton, +19

Human Plaque Myofibroblasts to Study Mechanisms of Atherosclerosis

Michele F. Buono, Ernest Diez Benavente, Lotte Slenders, +14

Journal of the American Heart Association

Plasma C-reactive protein is associated with a pro-inflammatory and adverse plaque phenotype

Jordan M Kraaijenhof, Barend M. Mol, Nick S. Nurmohamed, +7

Atherosclerosis