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Human aortic tissue (normal and atherosclerotic) and cultured human aortic smooth muscle cells
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Preclinical
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May support protective ApoJ role in atherosclerosis; hypothesis-generating and requires human validation before clinical consideration.
Apolipoprotein J is synthesized by smooth muscle cells in the atherosclerotic human aorta, suggesting a potential protective role in local cholesterol transport.
Ishikawa et al. (1998) studied this question.
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