CRP and atherosclerosis: CRP-mediated inflammation in atherosclerosis during SARS-CoV-2 infection may be explained by the presence of monomeric CRP (mCRP) in the lesions (Potempa et al., 2020; Fazal, 2021; Fendl et al., 2021; Labarrere and Kassab, 2021; Luan et al., 2021; Mosquera-Sulbaran et al., 2021).