{"id":234058,"date":"2026-03-25T18:19:31","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T23:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/monocytes-defined-by-platelet-interactions-and-oxidative-stress-signaling-underlie-hiv%e2%80%90associated-atherosclerosis"},"modified":"2026-03-25T18:19:31","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T23:19:31","slug":"monocytes-defined-by-platelet-interactions-and-oxidative-stress-signaling-underlie-hiv%e2%80%90associated-atherosclerosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/03\/monocytes-defined-by-platelet-interactions-and-oxidative-stress-signaling-underlie-hiv%e2%80%90associated-atherosclerosis","title":{"rendered":"Monocytes Defined by Platelet Interactions and Oxidative Stress Signaling Underlie HIV\u2010Associated Atherosclerosis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/monocytes-defined-by-platelet-interactions-and-oxidative-stress-signaling-underlie-hive28090associated-atherosclerosis2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This study reveals an atherosclerosis-associated signature in platelet-monocyte complexes from people living with HIV. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RuoqiaoW\">@RuoqiaoW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThakarLab\">@ThakarLab<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/URochester_SMD\">@URochester_SMD<\/a><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>BackgroundMonocytes contribute to atherosclerosis by migrating into inflamed endothelium and differentiating into lipid\u2010laden macrophages. In people living with HIV, chronic inflammation increases atherosclerosis risk, yet the role of specific monocyte subsets remains unclear. We investigated how distinct monocyte populations contribute to vascular pathology in early HIV\u2010associated atherosclerosis.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This study reveals an atherosclerosis-associated signature in platelet-monocyte complexes from people living with HIV. @RuoqiaoW @ThakarLab @URochester_SMD BackgroundMonocytes contribute to atherosclerosis by migrating into inflamed endothelium and differentiating into lipid\u2010laden macrophages. In people living with HIV, chronic inflammation increases atherosclerosis risk, yet the role of specific monocyte subsets remains unclear. We investigated how distinct monocyte [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-234058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234058"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234058\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}