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SUBMITTER: Kasikara C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6025992 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kasikara Canan C Doran Amanda C AC Cai Bishuang B Tabas Ira I
The Journal of clinical investigation 20180702 7
Non-resolving inflammation drives the development of clinically dangerous atherosclerotic lesions by promoting sustained plaque inflammation, large necrotic cores, thin fibrous caps, and thrombosis. Resolution of inflammation is not merely a passive return to homeostasis, but rather an active process mediated by specific molecules, including fatty acid-derived specialized pro-resolving mediators (SPMs). In advanced atherosclerosis, there is an imbalance between levels of SPMs and proinflammatory ...[more]