Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease. This article reviews the emergence of this
concept from studies of patients and their lesions, experimental animal models, and …

Atherosclerosis and related complications still represent the major cause of morbidity and
mortality in the western world. The mechanisms that govern the progression and …

1. Introduction recognition leads to activation, clonal expansion and/or cytokine production;
in other words, initiating a cell Atherosclerosis represents an inflammatory and repara …

Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in several countries. The underlying
process is atherosclerosis, a slowly progressing chronic disorder that can lead to …

It is now generally accepted that atherosclerosis is an inflammatory/immune disease
triggered by LDL accumulation in the artery wall. When discovering T cells and the …

Cardiovascular disease, a leading cause of mortality worldwide, is caused mainly by
atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory disease of blood vessels. Lesions of atherosclerosis …

Atherosclerosis involves the formation of inflammatory arterial lesions and is one of the most
common causes of death globally. It has been evident for more than 20 years that adaptive …

Adaptive immune response plays an important role in atherogenesis. In atherosclerosis, the
proinflammatory immune response driven by Th1 is predominant but the anti-inflammatory …

Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease with a significant autoimmune component.
Studies using transgenic murine models have clarified that recruitment of mononuclear …

Immunological mechanisms seem to be potent modulators of the atherosclerotic process.
The presence of substantial numbers of T‐lymphocytes in the lesion and local and …