University of California San Francisco

Macrophage Exosomes in Diabetic Atherosclerosis

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Our work revealed that hyperglycemia causes an enrichment of miR-486-5p in exosomes produced by cultured macrophages and those isolated from the plasma of human diabetic subjects suffering from cardiometabolic inflammation and atherosclerosis. Ongoing studies examine miR-486-5p as a source of atherosclerosis acceleration in diabetes.

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