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Sep 2026
Natural Products Modulate Plaque Macrophage Functional Programs in Atherosclerosis
Abstract Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory and immunometabolic disease in which plaque macrophages integrate lipid-derived danger signals, metabolic stress and cell-death cues to shape foam-cell formation, necrotic-core expansion, fibrous-cap integrity and plaque vulnerability. Moving beyond the conventional M1...
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