B cell subsets in atherosclerosis

Atherosclerosis, the underlying cause of heart attacks and strokes, is a chronic inflammatory disease of the artery wall. Immune cells, including lymphocytes modulate atherosclerotic lesion development through interconnected mechanisms. Elegant studies over the past decades have begun to unravel a r...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Heather M. Perry, Timothy P. Bender, Coleen A. McNamara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
IgM
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fimmu.2012.00373/full