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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Oct 11.
Published in final edited form as: Inflamm Cell Signal. 2016 Sep 5;3(2):e1409.

Figure 6. Hypothetical feed-forward loop of mCRP action on macrophages and lipids.

Figure 6

The differentiation of monocytes into M1 macrophages by mCRP may result in the production of reactive oxygen species that oxidize lipids such as phosphatidylcholine. The oxidized phosphatidylcholine, for example on low density lipoprotein cholesterol particles, may generate more mCRP from pCRP on the particles.