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Editorial
. 2020 Oct;13(10):e011605.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.120.011605. Epub 2020 Oct 20.

Delineating the Role of Macrophages in Cardiovascular Disease: How Specific Do We Need to Be?

Yongjian Liu  1 , Robert J Gropler  1
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Editorial

Delineating the Role of Macrophages in Cardiovascular Disease: How Specific Do We Need to Be?

Yongjian Liu et al. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; cardiovascular diseases; macrophages; nanoparticles; positron emission tomography.

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  • Imaging Cardiovascular and Lung Macrophages With the Positron Emission Tomography Sensor 64Cu-Macrin in Mice, Rabbits, and Pigs.
    Nahrendorf M, Hoyer FF, Meerwaldt AE, van Leent MMT, Senders ML, Calcagno C, Robson PM, Soultanidis G, Pérez-Medina C, Teunissen AJP, Toner YC, Ishikawa K, Fish K, Sakurai K, van Leeuwen EM, Klein ED, Sofias AM, Reiner T, Rohde D, Aguirre AD, Wojtkiewicz G, Schmidt S, Iwamoto Y, Izquierdo-Garcia D, Caravan P, Swirski FK, Weissleder R, Mulder WJM. Nahrendorf M, et al. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020 Oct;13(10):e010586. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.120.010586. Epub 2020 Oct 20. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2020. PMID: 33076700 Free PMC article.

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