Lipid infiltration promotes trans-differentiation of vascular smooth muscle cells into macrophage-like cells in early lesions of human coronary atherosclerosis.

Lipids Health Dis · 2025 · PMC12261569 · PMID 40660209

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Corresponding semi-quantitative analyses revealed a decreasing trend in α-SMA expression and a concomitant increase in FABP4 levels with advancing lesion severity (Fig. 3 : D&E).

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