The Discovery of Cellular Immunity in the Atherosclerotic Plaque Export

@article{citeulike:5983228, abstract = {It is now generally accepted that atherosclerosis is an inflammatory/immune disease triggered by LDL accumulation in the artery wall. When discovering T cells and the molecular components of a cellular immune response, we proposed that atherosclerosis is an inflammatory process with an autoimmune component. This notion was met with general skepticism but has gained support from experimental and clinical studies. Here we describe some of the early studies that helped developing this concept. 10.1161/ATVBAHA.108.179713}, author = {Hansson, Goran K. and Jonasson, Lena}, citeulike-article-id = {5983228}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.108.179713}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://atvb.ahajournals.org/content/29/11/1714.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://atvb.ahajournals.org/content/29/11/1714.full.pdf}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1161/ATVBAHA.108.179713}, journal = {Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol}, keywords = {atherosclerosis, history, review}, month = {November}, number = {11}, pages = {1714--1717}, posted-at = {2009-10-21 23:40:14}, priority = {2}, title = {The Discovery of Cellular Immunity in the Atherosclerotic Plaque}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.108.179713}, volume = {29}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5983228 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5983228 N2 - It is now generally accepted that atherosclerosis is an inflammatory/immune disease triggered by LDL accumulation in the artery wall. When discovering T cells and the molecular components of a cellular immune response, we proposed that atherosclerosis is an inflammatory process with an autoimmune component. This notion was met with general skepticism but has gained support from experimental and clinical studies. Here we describe some of the early studies that helped developing this concept. 10.1161/ATVBAHA.108.179713 IS - 11 JF - Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol EP - 1717 TI - The Discovery of Cellular Immunity in the Atherosclerotic Plaque VL - 29 SP - 1714 KW - atherosclerosis KW - history KW - review AU - Hansson, Goran AU - Jonasson, Lena PY - 2009/11/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.108.179713 ER -