In the past few years, inflammation has emerged as a major driving force of atherosclerotic
lesion development. It is now well-established that from early lesion to vulnerable plaque …

Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the arterial wall driven by innate and
adaptive immune responses. Inflammation controls the development and the destabilization …

Atherosclerosis is a chronic disease of the arterial wall where both innate and adaptive
immunoinflammatory mechanisms are involved. Inflammation is central at all stages of …

Atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory disorder of the arteries, is responsible for most
deaths in westernized societies with numbers increasing at a marked rate in developing …

The notion of atherosclerosis as a chronic inflammatory disease has intensified research on
the role of cytokines and the way these molecules act and interact to initiate and sustain …

Atherosclerosis is one of the leading causes of death and disability worldwide. It is a
complex disease characterized by lipid accumulation within the arterial wall, inflammation …

Research during the last two decades established atheromatous lesions as active sites of
inflammation and immune responses, contrasting to the traditional view of atherosclerosis as …

Atherosclerosis is a long-term, chronic inflammatory disease of the vessel wall leading to the
formation of occlusive or rupture-prone lesions in large arteries. Complications of …

Interleukins are considered to be key players in the chronic vascular inflammatory response
that is typical of atherosclerosis. Thus, the expression of proinflammatory interleukins and …

Cardiovascular diseases are the human diseases with the highest death rate and
atherosclerosis is one of the major underlying causes of cardiovascular diseases …