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by tpush 1435 days ago
> [...] due to proximal oxidative and inflammatory effects upon them.

No, this is not true.
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orangepurple 1435 days ago
It absolutely is true for many reasons; one of them is uptake of ox-LDL by macrophage and their conversion into foam cells.

More info: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK326741/

Additionally, ApoB is an excellent biomarker of cardiovascular health risk.

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tpush 1434 days ago
I agree with ApoB being the marker for CVD risk. What I'm disagreeing with is the statement that pathogenesis is caused by inflammation and/or oxidization; instead I'd say it's the number of particles that's the primary cause, with the rest of the mechanism following.

Might just be semantic quibbling, though.

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