Scavenger receptors are integral membrane proteins that bind a wide variety of ligands
including modified or oxidised low-density lipoproteins, apoptotic cells and pathogens.
Modified low-density lipoprotein accumulation is thought to be an early event in vascular
disease and thus scavenger receptor function is critical in this context. The scavenger
receptor family has at least eight different subclasses (A–H) which bear little sequence
homology to each other but recognize common ligands. Here we review our current …