Reelin Promotes Artery Plaque Buildup (2 of 3) (VIDEO)

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Intravital microscopy displaying leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion in the mesenteric microcirculation of an Ldlr^?/? mouse. This material relates to a paper that appeared in the March 15, 2016, issue of Science Signaling, published by AAAS. The paper, by Y. Ding at University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, TX, and colleagues was titled, "Loss of Reelin protects against atherosclerosis by reducing leukocyte-endothelial cell adhesion and lesion macrophage accumulation."

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Y. Ding <i>et al., Science Signaling</i> (2016)

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