Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of arteries and it affects the structure and
function of all three layers of the coronary artery wall. Current theories suggest that the …

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Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease of the wall of large-and medium-sized arteries
that is precipitated by elevated levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol in the …

Numerous reports document the role of vascular adhesion molecules in the development
and progression of atherosclerosis. Recent novel findings in the field of adhesion molecules …

This review considers critically the evidence for the involvement of mediators of innate and
acquired immunity in various stages of atherosclerosis. Rapidly mobilized arms of innate …

Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease. Its lesions are filled with immune cells that can
orchestrate and effect inflammatory responses. In fact, the first lesions of atherosclerosis …

Arterial inflammation is a hallmark of atherosclerosis, and appropriate management of this
inflammation represents a major unmet therapeutic need for cardiovascular disease …

Research studying the role of inflammation in hypertension and cardiovascular disease has
flourished in recent years; however, the exact mechanisms by which the activated immune …

Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease of large arteries. Flow cytometry of aortic cell
suspensions showed that B and T lymphocytes and some macrophages and dendritic cells …

Rationale: Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which leukocytes and oxidatively
modified lipids accumulate in the arterial intima. Previously, we showed that dendritic cells …