ESC 365 - Inflammation and the vulnerable plaque.

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Inflammation and the vulnerable plaque.

Session: Inflammation as a critical component of atherosclerosis

Topic: Vascular Diseases

Event: ESC Congress 2018

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Inflammation as a critical component of atherosclerosis - State of the art

Speaker: Professor P. Libby (Boston, US)

The incretin hormone GIP is upregulated in patients with atherosclerosis and stabilizes plaques in ApoE-/- mice by blocking proinflammatory signaling in macrophages

Speaker: Mr R. Mertens (Aachen, DE)

Activation of canonical proinflammatory pathways in smooth muscle cells exerts paradoxical atheroprotective effects

Speaker: Doctor K. Stark (Munich, DE)

Stat4 deficiency exacerbates atherosclerosis through promoting foam cell formation via pi3k/akt/nfkb/mir-9/acat1 pathway in ApoE-/- mice

Speaker: Doctor L. Xu (Shanghai, CN)

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Inflammation as a critical component of atherosclerosis

Speakers: Professor P. Libby, Mr R. Mertens, Doctor K. Stark, Doctor L. Xu

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25 August - 29 August 2018

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