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This work was supported by grants from the American Heart Association (grant-in-aid 95007220), NIH (RO1-HL53637 and RO1-HL56187) and the Texas Advanced Technology Program (grant #004949-010).

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Tang, L., Eaton, J.W. Natural Responses to Unnatural Materials: A Molecular Mechanism for Foreign Body Reactions. Mol Med 5, 351–358 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03402124

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