A large study comprising 1546 asymptomatic subjects taking part in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Community Carotid Magnetic Resonance Imaging study found that circulating monocytes from patients with larger plaques expressed higher levels of TLR-2, while monocytes from patients with smaller plaques expressed higher quantities of CD14, TLR-4, and myeloperoxidase [69]. Here, CD14 is linked to atherosclerosis.