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Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) caused by atherosclerosis are among the leading causes for mortality and morbidity in industrialized countries while China, as a developing country, has even higher incidence of CVD than that in the USA and Japan.The molecular mechanisms of atherosclerosis appear to be multifactual and remain to be clearly defined;mounting evidence suggests that chronic inflammatory and oxidative stress play an important role.