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 …

Immunity and inflammation in atherosclerosis

D Wolf, K Ley - Circulation research, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
There is now overwhelming experimental and clinical evidence that atherosclerosis is a
chronic inflammatory disease. Lessons from genome-wide association studies, advanced in …

Inflammation, Immunity, and Infection in Atherothrombosis: JACC Review Topic of the Week

P Libby, J Loscalzo, PM Ridker, ME Farkouh… - Journal of the American …, 2018 - jacc.org
Observations on human and experimental atherosclerosis, biomarker studies, and now a
large-scale clinical trial support the operation of immune and inflammatory pathways in this …

The immunology of atherosclerosis

A Gisterå, GK Hansson - Nature reviews nephrology, 2017 - nature.com
Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death worldwide, both in the general
population and among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). In most cases, the …

Monocyte-macrophages and T cells in atherosclerosis

I Tabas, AH Lichtman - Immunity, 2017 - cell.com
Atherosclerosis is an arterial disease process characterized by the focal subendothelial
accumulation of apolipoprotein-B-containing lipoproteins, immune and vascular wall cells …

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 …

Animal models of atherosclerosis–supportive notes and tricks of the trade

A Gisterå, DFJ Ketelhuth, SG Malin… - Circulation …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is a major cause of death among humans. Animal
models have shown that cholesterol and inflammation are causatively involved in the …

Novel antiatherosclerotic therapies

P Libby, BM Everett - Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Many measures can control lipid risk factors for atherosclerosis. Yet, even with excellent
control of dyslipidemia, other sources of risk remain. Hence, we must look beyond lipids to …

Modulation of immune responses using adjuvants to facilitate therapeutic vaccination

V Schijns, A Fernández‐Tejada… - Immunological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Therapeutic vaccination offers great promise as an intervention for a diversity of infectious
and non‐infectious conditions. Given that most chronic health conditions are thought to have …

Modified lipoproteins induce arterial wall inflammation during atherogenesis

MB Lorey, K Öörni, PT Kovanen - Frontiers in cardiovascular …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Circulating apolipoprotein B-containing lipoproteins, notably the low-density lipoproteins,
enter the inner layer of the arterial wall, the intima, where a fraction of them is retained and …