T-cell costimulation and coinhibition in atherosclerosis

Circulation Research

Volumn 103, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1220-1231

  Gotsman, Israel ^a   Sharpe, Arlene H ^b   Lichtman, Andrew H ^b  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Coinhibition; Costimulation; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

CD137 LIGAND; CD40 LIGAND; CD86 ANTIGEN; OX40 LIGAND; T LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR; CD28 ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN RECEPTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ANTIGEN PRESENTING CELL; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STIMULATION; HUMAN; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGICAL MEMORY; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD28; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CD40 LIGAND; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; IMMUNOTHERAPY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MICE; MODELS, ANIMAL; RECEPTORS, ANTIGEN, T-CELL; T-LYMPHOCYTES; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 58149345643     PISSN: 00097330     EISSN: 15244571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.108.182428     Document Type: Review

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