Reduced atherosclerosis in interleukin-18 deficient apolipoprotein E-knockout mice
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Reduced atherosclerosis in interleukin-18 deficient apolipoprotein E-knockout mice.
OBJECTIVE Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which T helper 1 (Th1) immunity has been proposed to play an important role. Nai;ve CD4+ T cells differentiate into interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma) producing Th1 effector cells when stimulated by interleukin-18 (IL-18) and IL-12. We wanted to directly test whether the Th1 pathway is proatherogenic. METHODS We bred IL-18(-/-) mice with apoli...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cardiovascular Research
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0008-6363
DOI: 10.1016/s0008-6363(03)00343-2