Plaque-infiltrating T lymphocytes in patients with carotid atherosclerosis: An insight into the cellular mechanisms associated to plaque destabilization

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 349-357

  Profumo, E ^a   Buttari, B ^a   Tosti, M E ^a   Tagliani, A ^b   Capoano, R ^b   D'Amati, G ^c   Businaro, R ^b   Salvati, B ^b   Rigano R ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Carotid stenosis; Cytokines; T lymphocytes

Indexed keywords

GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; CD3 ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CAROTID ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASE; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW UP; IMMUNOLOGY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD3; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CYTOKINES; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, CELLULAR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLAQUE, ATHEROSCLEROTIC; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84879285369     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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