Decreased Naive and Increased Memory CD4+ T Cells Are Associated with Subclinical Atherosclerosis: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Olson, Nels C ^a   Doyle, Margaret F ^a   Jenny, Nancy Swords ^a   Huber, Sally A ^a   Psaty, Bruce M ^b,c   Kronmal, Richard A ^d   Tracy, Russell P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR HEALTH STUDIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 6;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BODY MASS; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL ASSAY; CELL LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY T LYMPHOCYTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; VIRUS IDENTIFICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4-POSITIVE T-LYMPHOCYTES; CORONARY VESSELS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC MEMORY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; VASCULAR CALCIFICATION;

EID: 84883015533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071498     Document Type: Article

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