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Darapladib
A substituted pyrimidone with inhibitory activity towards lipoprotein-associated phospholipase-A2 (Lp-PLA2), an important regulator of lipid metabolism and inflammation that circulates with lipoprotein particles and is carried into the arterial wall with low-density lipoprotein particles during the progression of atherosclerosis. (NCI Thesaurus)
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