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T helper cell polarization in healthy people: implications for cardiovascular disease.
Journal of cardiovascular translational research - 1 Oct 2013
Olson Nels C, Sallam Reem, Doyle Margaret F, Tracy Russell P, Huber Sally A
Abstract excerpt
Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by T lymphocyte infiltration into the atherosclerotic plaque. Assessments of T cell subtypes have demonstrated a predominance of CD4(+) T helper (Th) cells, implicated Th1 and Th17 immunity in both human and mouse atherogenesis, and provided some evidence suggesting protective roles of Th2 and T regulatory cells. Observations that certain inbred...
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