Open AccessStaging Lymphocyte Presence in Human Atherosclerosis: A Tale Told by Numbers
Author(s) -
Biessen Erik A. L.,
Sluimer Judith C.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of the american heart association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.494
H-Index - 85
ISSN - 2047-9980
DOI - 10.1161/jaha.115.001909
Subject(s) - medicine , immune system , acquired immune system , cd8 , lymphocyte , human pathology , cytotoxic t cell , foxp3 , pathology , immunology , disease , biology , genetics , in vitro
The involvement of the adaptive immune system in the development of atherosclerosis has been underpinned by a wealth of experimental animal studies (reviewed in a previous work[1][1]). Whereas T and B cells have been detected in human atherosclerosis, in this issue of JAHA , van Dijk et al. provide