Age‐associated vascular inflammation promotes monocytosis during atherogenesis
Du W, Wong C, Song Y, Shen H, Mori D, Rotllan N, Price N, Dobrian AD, Meng H, Kleinstein SH, Fernandez‐Hernando C, Goldstein DR. Age‐associated vascular inflammation promotes monocytosis during atherogenesis. Aging Cell 2016, 15: 766-777. PMID: 27135421, PMCID: PMC4933655, DOI: 10.1111/acel.12488.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgingAnimalsAortaAtherosclerosisBlood VesselsCell CountChemotaxisCulture Media, ConditionedDiet, High-FatDown-RegulationHematopoiesisHemodynamicsInflammationInflammation MediatorsInsulin ResistanceInterleukin-6LeukocytosisMacrophagesMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMonocytesOligonucleotide Array Sequence AnalysisReceptors, LDLStromal CellsUp-RegulationConceptsHigh-fat dietVascular inflammationMacrophage accumulationAtherosclerotic aortaBone marrow transplant experimentsStromal factorsElevated blood pressureVascular smooth muscle cellsLow-fat dietSmooth muscle cellsBlood pressurePeripheral monocytosisProinflammatory stateInflammatory stateLDL levelsIL-6Insulin resistancePeripheral bloodEnhanced atherogenesisInflammatory responseMetabolic dysfunctionYoung aortasMurine modelProduction of osteopontinCCL-2