Communications Biology (Feb 2022)

Macrophage Jak2 deficiency accelerates atherosclerosis through defects in cholesterol efflux

  • Idit Dotan,
  • Jiaqi Yang,
  • Jiro Ikeda,
  • Ziv Roth,
  • Evan Pollock-Tahiri,
  • Harsh Desai,
  • Tharini Sivasubramaniyam,
  • Sonia Rehal,
  • Josh Rapps,
  • Yu Zhe Li,
  • Helen Le,
  • Gedaliah Farber,
  • Edouard Alchami,
  • Changting Xiao,
  • Saraf Karim,
  • Marcela Gronda,
  • Michael F. Saikali,
  • Amit Tirosh,
  • Kay-Uwe Wagner,
  • Jacques Genest,
  • Aaron D. Schimmer,
  • Vikas Gupta,
  • Mark D. Minden,
  • Carolyn L. Cummins,
  • Gary F. Lewis,
  • Clinton Robbins,
  • Jenny Jongstra-Bilen,
  • Myron Cybulsky,
  • Minna Woo

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03078-5
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Loss of myeloid JAK2 promotes atherosclerosis in an ApoE knockout mouse model. This is associated with decreased cholesterol efflux from bone-marrow-derived macrophages.