PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Jacobson, Anne
ED  - Libby, Peter
TI  - Obesity, Inflammation, and Atherosclerosis: Shared Pathways of Cardiometabolic Disease
DP  - 2011 Jun 01
TA  - MD Conference Express
PG  - 4--5
VI  - 11
IP  - 2
4099  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/11/2/4.short
4100  - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/11/2/4.full
AB  - Atherosclerosis is recognized as a complex inflammatory condition in which various immune system cells interact with each other and with cells of the arterial wall. This article describes inflammation as the underlying mechanism that links obesity and atherosclerosis.