Evidence for a local immune response in atherosclerosis: CD4+ T cells infiltrate lesions of apolipoprotein-E-deficient mice

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 149, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 359-366

  Zhou, Xinghua ^a   Stemme, Sten ^a   Hansson, Göran K ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; APOLIPOPROTEINS E; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; RECEPTORS, INTERLEUKIN-2;

EID: 0030017028     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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