Yet, there is evidence for an association of chondroadherin with vascular pathology, because its transcription was found to be specifically induced in atherosclerotic plaques of femoral arteries.28 It remains to be elucidated if these proteins might provide a link to the increased incidence or accelerated course of de novo atherosclerosis within DES-stented vessels.29 This evidence concerns the gene CHAD and atherosclerosis.