Platelets play a direct mechanistic role in atherogenesis by recruiting CD34+ progenitor cells and inducing their differentiation into foam cells, a process that can be attenuated by statins and PPAR agonists.
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Does not support practice change; hypothesis-generating for platelet-progenitor interactions in atherogenesis.
Daub et al. (2006) studied this question.
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