Familial hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis: monocytes
Summary:
Analysis of monocytes (MO) from familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) patients. FH patients have a defective or missing LDLR resulting in atherosclerosis. Atherosclerotic lesions often contain MO-derived, lipid-laden macrophages. Results provide insight into the role of MO in onset of atherosclerosis.
GPL570:
[HG-U133_Plus_2] Affymetrix Human Genome U133 Plus 2.0 Array
Citation:
Mosig S, Rennert K, Büttner P, Krause S et al. Monocytes of patients with familial hypercholesterolemia show alterations in cholesterol metabolism. BMC Med Genomics 2008 Nov 28;1:60. PMID: 19040724