EPHA2 and atherosclerosis: Considering the potential significance of EphA2 and PGRN in inflammatory regulation and the progression of atherosclerosis formation, we applied a correlation analysis to assess the relationship between EphA2 and PGRN levels and found that EphA2 levels were moderately positively correlated with PGRN levels in all study subjects (r = 0.407, p < 0.001).