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 …

GSDME-mediated pyroptosis promotes the progression and associated inflammation of atherosclerosis

Y Wei, B Lan, T Zheng, L Yang, X Zhang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Pyroptosis, a type of Gasdermin-mediated cell death, contributes to an exacerbation of
inflammation. To test the hypothesis that GSDME-mediated pyroptosis aggravates the …

Olfactory receptor 2 in vascular macrophages drives atherosclerosis by NLRP3-dependent IL-1 production

M Orecchioni, K Kobiyama, H Winkels, Y Ghosheh… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease of the artery walls and involves immune cells
such as macrophages. Olfactory receptors (OLFRs) are G protein–coupled chemoreceptors …

Meta-analysis of leukocyte diversity in atherosclerotic mouse aortas

A Zernecke, H Winkels, C Cochain… - Circulation …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
The diverse leukocyte infiltrate in atherosclerotic mouse aortas was recently analyzed in 9
single-cell RNA sequencing and 2 mass cytometry studies. In a comprehensive meta …

Mettl14 mediates the inflammatory response of macrophages in atherosclerosis through the NF-κB/IL-6 signaling pathway

Y Zheng, Y Li, X Ran, D Wang, X Zheng… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2022 - Springer
The inflammatory response of macrophages has been reported to play a critical role in
atherosclerosis. The inflammatory state of macrophages is modified by epigenetic …

Integrated single-cell analysis-based classification of vascular mononuclear phagocytes in mouse and human atherosclerosis

A Zernecke, F Erhard, T Weinberger… - Cardiovascular …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Aims Accumulation of mononuclear phagocytes [monocytes, macrophages, and dendritic
cells (DCs)] in the vessel wall is a hallmark of atherosclerosis. Using integrated single-cell …

Behavioural immune landscapes of inflammation

G Crainiciuc, M Palomino-Segura, M Molina-Moreno… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Transcriptional and proteomic profiling of individual cells have revolutionized interpretation
of biological phenomena by providing cellular landscapes of healthy and diseased tissues …

Macrophage subsets in atherosclerosis as defined by single‐cell technologies

L Willemsen, MPJ de Winther - The Journal of pathology, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Macrophages play a major role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Many studies have
shone light on the different phenotypes and functions that macrophages can acquire upon …

Cell-autonomous regulation of complement C3 by factor H limits macrophage efferocytosis and exacerbates atherosclerosis

MG Kiss, N Papac-Miličević, F Porsch, D Tsiantoulas… - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Complement factor H (CFH) negatively regulates consumption of complement component 3
(C3), thereby restricting complement activation. Genetic variants in CFH predispose to …