Linking CD11b+ Dendritic Cells and Natural Killer T Cells to Plaque Inflammation in Atherosclerosis

• Main Authors: Miche Rombouts (Author), Rachid Ammi (Author), Ilse Van Brussel (Author), Lynn Roth (Author), Benedicte Y. De Winter (Author), Sven R. Vercauteren (Author), Jeroen M. H. Hendriks (Author), Patrick Lauwers (Author), Paul E. Van Schil (Author), Guido R. Y. De Meyer (Author), Erik Fransen (Author), Nathalie Cools (Author), Dorien M. Schrijvers (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Atherosclerosis remains the leading cause of death and disability in our Western society. To investigate whether the dynamics of leukocyte (sub)populations could be predictive for plaque inflammation during atherosclerosis, we analyzed innate and adaptive immune cell distributions in blood, plaques,...