GDF15 and atherosclerosis: These findings are consistent with most recent data, showing that GDF‐15 expression is increased in common iliac artery of monkeys, which have been fed a diet containing fat and cholesterol at levels comparable with those consumed in Western populations.29 Vice versa, we show here that lifetime lack of GDF‐15 considerably inhibits lumen stenosis and 18FDG uptake in experimental atherosclerosis.