Therapeutic strategies targeting inflammation and immunity in atherosclerosis: how to proceed?

SE Engelen, AJB Robinson, YX Zurke… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the arterial wall, characterized by the
formation of plaques containing lipid, connective tissue and immune cells in the intima of …

How the immune system shapes atherosclerosis: roles of innate and adaptive immunity

P Roy, M Orecchioni, K Ley - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2022 - nature.com
Atherosclerosis is the root cause of many cardiovascular diseases. Extensive research in
preclinical models and emerging evidence in humans have established the crucial roles of …

Atherosclerosis and inflammation: insights from the theory of general pathological processes

E Gusev, A Sarapultsev - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Recent advances have greatly improved our understanding of the molecular mechanisms
behind atherosclerosis pathogenesis. However, there is still a need to systematize this data …

Identification of human exTreg cells as CD16+CD56+ cytotoxic CD4+ T cells

A Freuchet, P Roy, SS Armstrong, M Oliaeimotlagh… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
In atherosclerosis, some regulatory T (Treg) cells become exTreg cells. We crossed
inducible Treg and exTreg cell lineage-tracker mice (FoxP3 eGFP− Cre-ERT2 ROSA26 CAG …

The role of T cells in age-related diseases

E Carrasco, MM Gómez de las Heras… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Age-related T cell dysfunction can lead to failure of immune tolerance mechanisms, resulting
in aberrant T cell-driven cytokine and cytotoxic responses that ultimately cause tissue …

Immune cell profiling in atherosclerosis: role in research and precision medicine

DM Fernandez, C Giannarelli - Nature Reviews Cardiology, 2022 - nature.com
Inflammation is intimately involved at all stages of atherosclerosis and remains a substantial
residual cardiovascular risk factor in optimally treated patients. The proof of concept that …

Single-cell T cell receptor sequencing of paired human atherosclerotic plaques and blood reveals autoimmune-like features of expanded effector T cells

MAC Depuydt, FH Schaftenaar, KHM Prange… - Nature cardiovascular …, 2023 - nature.com
Atherosclerosis is a lipid-driven chronic inflammatory disease; however, whether it can be
classified as an autoimmune disease remains unclear. In this study, we applied single-cell T …

Human coronary plaque T cells are clonal and cross-react to virus and self

RR Chowdhury, J D'Addabbo, X Huang… - Circulation …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: Coronary artery disease is an incurable, life-threatening disease that was once
considered primarily a disorder of lipid deposition. Coronary artery disease is now also …

Myocardial milieu favors local differentiation of regulatory T cells

M Delgobo, E Weiß, DED Ashour, L Richter… - Circulation …, 2023 - Am Heart Assoc
Background: In the past years, several studies investigated how distinct immune cell subsets
affects post–myocardial infarction repair. However, whether and how the tissue environment …

Translational opportunities of single-cell biology in atherosclerosis

MPJ De Winther, M Bäck, P Evans… - European heart …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The advent of single-cell biology opens a new chapter for understanding human biological
processes and for diagnosing, monitoring, and treating disease. This revolution now …