Heart Disease Breakthrough: New Immune Target Discovered

The headline is dramatic, but the news is interesting

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“This protein, called soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor, or suPAR, is produced by the bone marrow. It acts as a regulator, essentially a thermostat for the activity of the immune system, or “immunostat”.”

Might rapamycin affect suPAR?

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I wonder if my doctor can order a suPAR test to tell me if I’m in trouble.

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That sounds like a suPAR idea.

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I googled & found little of interest.

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I wonder if my doctor can order a suPAR test to tell me if I’m in trouble.

That seems premature to me.

I posted it because I thought it interesting that someone has found a mechanistic link between the immune system & heart disease, specifically atherosclerosis.

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