RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Jacobson, Anne
T1 Obesity, Inflammation, and Atherosclerosis: Shared Pathways of Cardiometabolic Disease
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2011
FD SAGE Publications
VO 11
IS 2
SP 4
OP 5
DO 10.1177/155989771102001
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/11/2/4.abstract
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.