NINJ2 and atherosclerosis: Considering that LPS stimuli can cause inflammation [26, 27], and C/EBP beta is one of the most important transcription factors in the inflammation process of atherosclerosis [28, 29], our study provides evidence that NINJ2 is involved in the pathology of atherosclerosis, and the risk allele A of rs34166160 has a higher sensitivity than C allele in condition of inflammatory stimuli.