Atherosclerosis is a chronic disease of the arterial wall where both innate and adaptive
immunoinflammatory mechanisms are involved. Inflammation is central at all stages of …

Atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory disorder of the arteries, is responsible for most
deaths in westernized societies with numbers increasing at a marked rate in developing …

Atherosclerosis is a chronic inflammatory disease of the arterial wall driven by innate and
adaptive immune responses. Inflammation controls the development and the destabilization …

The notion of atherosclerosis as a chronic inflammatory disease has intensified research on
the role of cytokines and the way these molecules act and interact to initiate and sustain …

Atherosclerosis contributes to the development of many cardiovascular diseases, which
remain the leading cause of death in developed countries. Atherosclerosis is a chronic …

In the past few years, inflammation has emerged as a major driving force of atherosclerotic
lesion development. It is now well-established that from early lesion to vulnerable plaque …

It has recently been appreciated that atherosclerosis is predominantly an inflammatory
process. Atherosclerosis begins with a fatty streak, which is made up almost entirely of …

Research during the last two decades established atheromatous lesions as active sites of
inflammation and immune responses, contrasting to the traditional view of atherosclerosis as …

Interleukins are considered to be key players in the chronic vascular inflammatory response
that is typical of atherosclerosis. Thus, the expression of proinflammatory interleukins and …

The importance of inflammation as a driver of pathology is no longer confined to
autoimmune and infectious diseases. In line with convincing experimental data as well as …