The scent of atherosclerosis

Science. 2022 Jan 14;375(6577):145-146. doi: 10.1126/science.abn4708. Epub 2022 Jan 13.

Authors

Katey J Rayner^{1

2}, Adil Rasheed^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
² Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

PMID: 35025639
DOI: 10.1126/science.abn4708

Abstract

Vascular macrophages sense an odorant to induce atherosclerotic plaque formation.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Comment

MeSH terms

Atherosclerosis*
Humans
Odorants*

Grants and funding

CIHR/Canada