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Deficiency of the Long Pentraxin PTX3 Promotes Vascular Inflammation and Atherosclerosis

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2009

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Giuseppe Danilo Norata, Patrizia Marchesi, Vivek Krishna Pulakazhi Venu, Fabio Pasqualini, Achille Anselmo, Federica Moalli, Irene Pizzitola, Cecília Garlanda, Alberto Mantovani, Alberico L. Catapano
Circulation

Abstract

PTX3 has atheroprotective effects in mice, which, in light of the cardioprotective effects recently reported, suggests a cardiovascular protective function of the long pentraxin 3 through the modulation of the immunoinflammatory balance in the cardiovascular system.

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