NLRP3 inflamasomes are required for atherogenesis and activated by cholesterol crystals that form early in disease

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Summary

It is shown that cholesterol crystals activate the NLRP3 inflammasome in phagocytes in vitro in a process that involves phagolysosomal damage and that crystalline cholesterol acts as an endogenous danger signal and its deposition in arteries or elsewhere is an early cause rather than a late consequence of inflammation.

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Published
2010-04-01
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Inflammasome, Inflammation, Cholesterol, LDL receptor, Chemistry

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