
DIAGRAM: GASTROINTESTINAL: GI: ARTERY: Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis - 7 of 13; A=Lipoproteins, B=Granulocyte, C=Platelet, D=Monocyte, E=Oxidatively Modified LDL, F=Macrophage -- If hyperlipidemia is present, macrophages express scavenger receptors that rapidly take up oxidatively modified LDL, which can lead to furthe