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Pro-atherogenic lung and oral pathogens induce an inflammatory response in human and mouse mast cells

A broad variety of microbes are present in atherosclerotic plaques and chronic bacterial infection increases the risk of atherosclerosis by mechanisms that have remained vague. One possible mechanism is that bacteria or bacterial products activate plaque mast cells that are known to participate in t...

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Autores principales: Oksaharju, Anna, Lappalainen, Jani, Tuomainen, Anita M, Pussinen, Pirkko J, Puolakkainen, Mirja, Kovanen, Petri T, Lindstedt, Ken A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3823039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18298659
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1582-4934.2008.00285.x