Lipocalin (LCN) 2 Mediates Pro-Atherosclerotic Processes and Is Elevated in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease.

Lipocalin (LCN) 2 is associated with multiple acute and chronic inflammatory diseases but the underlying molecular and cellular mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we investigated whether LCN2 is released from macrophages and contributes to pro-atherosclerotic processes and whether LCN2 plasma levels a...

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Main Authors: Raghav Oberoi, Eskindir P Bogalle, Lukas A Matthes, Harald Schuett, Ann-Kathrin Koch, Karsten Grote, Bernhard Schieffer, Jutta Schuett, Maren Luchtefeld
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4569430?pdf=render