Cross-reacting antibacterial auto-antibodies are produced within coronary atherosclerotic plaques of acute coronary syndrome patients.

Coronary atherosclerosis, the main condition predisposing to acute myocardial infarction, has an inflammatory component caused by stimuli that are yet unknown. We molecularly investigated the nature of the immune response within human coronary lesion in four coronary plaques obtained by endoluminal...

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Main Authors: Filippo Canducci, Diego Saita, Chiara Foglieni, Maria Rosaria Piscopiello, Roberto Chiesa, Antonio Colombo, Domenico Cianflone, Attilio Maseri, Massimo Clementi, Roberto Burioni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22879930/pdf/?tool=EBI