MOXD1 and atherosclerosis: In spite of the beneficial effects of Mox polarization found in our study as well as others’ work (Kadl et al, 2010; Serbulea et al, 2018a; Serbulea et al, 2018b), a few studies reported a detrimental role of Mox polarization in atherosclerosis (Seimon and Tabas, 2009; Skuratovskaia et al, 2020).