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ArticleFASEB bioAdvances2025

Phenotypic Shifts in Macrophages Within Advanced Atherosclerotic Plaques in Humans.

Barbora Muffova, Sona Kauerova, Hana Bartuskova, Karel Paukner, Libor Janousek, Helena Cermakova, Jiri Fronek, Marek Kollar, Marek Petras, Jan Pitha and 2 more

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Article in FASEB bioAdvances, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors.

Barbora MuffovaLaboratory for Atherosclerosis Research, Centre for Experimental Medicine Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine Prague Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8508-4718
Sona KauerovaLaboratory for Atherosclerosis Research, Centre for Experimental Medicine Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine Prague Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5617-9068
Hana BartuskovaLaboratory for Atherosclerosis Research, Centre for Experimental Medicine Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine Prague Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9506-8312
Karel PauknerLaboratory for Atherosclerosis Research, Centre for Experimental Medicine Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine Prague Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0150-0667
Libor JanousekDepartment of Transplant Surgery Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine Prague Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7572-8416
Helena CermakovaDepartment of Transplant Surgery Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine Prague Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7089-1054
Jiri FronekDepartment of Transplant Surgery Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine Prague Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2379-3886
Marek KollarDepartment of Pathology Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine Prague Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5147-3009
Marek PetrasDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Third Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Czech Republic.
Jan PithaLaboratory for Atherosclerosis Research, Centre for Experimental Medicine Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine Prague Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9310-0067
Rudolf PoledneLaboratory for Atherosclerosis Research, Centre for Experimental Medicine Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine Prague Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2453-6611
Ivana Kralova LesnaLaboratory for Atherosclerosis Research, Centre for Experimental Medicine Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine Prague Czech Republic.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9053-4123

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The importance of macrophage polarization through atherogenesis is established. However, most studies rely on immunohistological approaches, which have several limitations, such as precluding comprehensive phenotypic analysis. The aim of this study was to perform an alternative analysis of macrophage phenotypes in advanced human atherosclerotic plaques and compare them with their presence in non-atherosclerotic arteries. Atherosclerotic plaques from 70 individuals indicated for carotid endarterectomy, and samples of non-atherosclerotic arterial tissue (renal artery, control group) from 45 living kidney donors were processed to obtain immunocytes and incubated with antibodies (CD45, CD14, CD16, CD36, CD163, and CD206) to be analyzed by flow cytometry. Macrophages in the atherosclerotic plaques tend to express CD16 more intensively than in non-atherosclerotic arterial tissue (transient, CD16

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atherosclerotic plaquescomparisonflow cytometrymacrophage polarizationmacrophages (subsets)non‐atherosclerotic vessels

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PMID40496346
PMCPMC12147498

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