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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2019 Jun;39(6):984–990. doi: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.119.312193

Figure 2.

Figure 2.

Somatic mutations and environmental stimuli (such as vaccines, infections, hyperglycemia) lead to activation of immune cells via epigenetic mechanisms to drive inflammation in vascular disease. DNMT3a, DNA methyltransferases 3a; TET2, tet methylcytosine dioxygenase 2; ASXL1, additional sex combs like 1, CHIP, clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential.