Abstract
In this study we performed a comparative gene expression analysis of carotid arteries in the area of atherosclerotic plaques and healthy internal mammary arteries of patients with advanced atherosclerosis by using microarray HumanHT-12 BeadChip ("Illumina"). The most down-regulated genes were APOD, FABP4, CIDEC and FOSB, and up-regulated gene was SPP1 (|FC|>64; pFDR<0.05). The majority of differentially expressed genes were down-regulated in advanced atherosclerotic plaques. Unexpectedly, genes involved in immune and inflammatory responses were down-regulated in advanced atherosclerotic plaques to compare with the healthy arteries (arachidonic acid metabolism, cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction, NOD-like receptor signaling pathway, Jak-STAT signaling pathway, TNF signaling pathway). "Cellular response to metal ion" (metallothioneins) and "Extracellular matrix organization" were the most significant Gene ontology terms among the down- and up-regulated genes, respectively.
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