Cholesterol binding to VCAM-1 promotes vascular inflammation
John Paul Kennelly, Xiao Xu, Yajing Gao, Su Min Kim, Soon‐Gook Hong, Miranda Villanueva, Alessandra Ferrari, Lauri Vanharanta, Alexander Nguyen, Rohith T. Nagari, Nikolas R. Burton, Marc J. Tol, Andrew P. Becker, Min Jae Lee, Elina Ikonen, , Peter Tontonoz
The paper identifies cholesterol binding to VCAM-1 as a mechanism promoting vascular inflammation by stabilizing VCAM-1 and enhancing immune cell recruitment.
bioRxiv · Sep 17, 2024 · PreprintPhysiology