Activation of β‐catenin has been observed in human carotid atherosclerotic lesions (Bedel et al., 2008); however to date, only one Wnt member, Wnt5a, has been directly investigated in atherosclerosis (Christman et al., 2008; Mill, Tsaousi, Woodward, Johnson, & George, 2010). This evidence concerns the gene WNT5A and atherosclerosis.