Splenic immunity and atherosclerosis: A glimpse into a novel paradigm?

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 721-724

  Witztum, Joseph L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN E; AUTOANTIBODY; CD40 LIGAND; GAMMA INTERFERON; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; OXIDIZED LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ANTIBODY TITER; ANTIGEN RECOGNITION; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DISEASE COURSE; EVOLUTION; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNITY; IMMUNOMODULATION; INFLAMMATION; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPLEEN; SPLEEN CELL; SPLENECTOMY; TH1 CELL;

EID: 0036196096     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI0215310     Document Type: Note

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