The induced atherosclerotic lesions contained macrophages as indicated by RAM-11 staining (Figure 1). ROIs of the aorta identified by MR imaging were correlated with FDG PET images of the same ...

Because of inflammatory chemokines, leukocytes from the blood are chemoattracted into the heart. In the aging heart environment, some of the infiltrating monocytes polarize into pro-fibrotic or ...