Lipids associated with atherosclerotic plaque instability revealed by mass spectrometry imaging of human carotid arteries.
Francesco GrecoGiulia BertagnaLaura QuercioliAngela PucciSilvia RocchiccioliMauro FerrariFabio A RecchiaLiam A McDonnell
Published in: Atherosclerosis (2024)
The investigation of the region-specific lipid composition of symptomatic and asymptomatic human atherosclerotic plaques revealed specific lipid markers of plaque outcome, which could be linked to known biological characteristics of stable plaques.