Research Article

oxLDL Downregulates the Dendritic Cell Homing Factors CCR7 and CCL21

Table 1

Clinical characteristics of the patients and controls. Clinical characteristics including age, sex, cardiovascular risk factors, relevant medication, oxLDL and CCL21 of patients who received CEA and healthy controls without clinical history of manifest atherosclerosis.

CEA-patientshealthy controls
( )( )

Age (years)
men % ( )77 (36)60 (6)
TIA/CI % ( )32 (15)0 (0)
ID DM % ( )26 (12)20 (2)
Hypertension % ( )91.5 (43)80 (8)
Hyperlipidemia % ( )85 (40)80 (8)
Nicotine abusus % ( )38 (18)10 (1)
ASS/Clopidogrel % ( )91.5 (43)10 (1)
β-blocker % ( )60 (28)60 (6)
Statins % ( )79 (37)80 (8)
oxLDL (ng/mL)
CCL21 (pg/mL)