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Elevated Tissue Expression of Thrombomodulatory Factors Correlates with Acute Symptomatic Carotid Plaque Phenotype

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Inflammatory macrophage migration requires MMP-9 activation by plasminogen in mice

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The molecular mechanisms of the thrombotic complications of atherosclerosis

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Type 1 diabetes promotes disruption of advanced atherosclerotic lesions in LDL receptor-deficient mice

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Plasminogen mediates the atherogenic effects of macrophage-expressed urokinase and accelerates atherosclerosis in apoE-knockout mice

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