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Excess Blood Sugar Disrupts Immune System Proteins and Promotes Atherosclerosis

March 16, 2021

Excess sugar in the blood, the central feature of diabetes, can react with immune proteins to cause myriad changes in the immune system, including inflammatory changes that promote atherosclerosis.

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