Many thanks to my supervisor, Dr Magnus Grenegård, for his enthusiasm and commitment to the project. My gratest gratitude to Peter Gunnarsson, for teaching me many of the techniques used in the present study and for contributing with ideas and suggestions, and also to Dr Knut Fälker, for excellent teaching of the Western blot technique and for sharing ideas and speculations.
Many thanks also to the Cardiovascular Inflammation Research Centre (CIRC) for funding of the project.