Importance Psoriasis, a chronic inflammatory skin disease associated with accelerated
noncalcified coronary burden (NCB) by coronary computed tomography angiography
(CCTA), accelerates lipoprotein oxidation in the form of oxidized modified lipoproteins. A
transmembrane scavenger receptor for these oxidized modified lipoproteins is lectinlike
oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor-1 (LOX-1), which has been reported to be
associated with coronary artery disease. It is unknown whether this receptor is associated …