CD8+ T cells accumulate in atherosclerotic plaques. Researchers identify a crucial signaling pathway -- with therapeutic potential. CD8+ T cells accumulate in atherosclerotic plaques. LMU researchers ...

Two complementary studies reveal how an insufficient supply of energy in macrophages, key immune cells in artery walls, ...

Scientists have discovered that feeding mice with microplastics increases plaque buildup in the arteries of male mice.

The University of Virginia School of Medicine's Clint L. Miller, PhD, led the development of a new "atherosclerosis atlas" that details, at the level of individual cells, critical processes ...

CD8 + T cells accumulate in atherosclerotic plaques. LMU researchers identify a crucial signaling pathway—with therapeutic potential. Atherosclerosis is the most common cause of life-threatening ...

A team developed a nanoparticle technology that offers an effective solution to diagnose and treat atherosclerosis, in a non-invasive manner. Atherosclerosis is the build-up of plaque in the arteries ...

Over a century of epidemiologic studies and randomized trials have definitively established the causal role of cholesterol in the development of atherosclerosis. Total cholesterol, and later ...

A common cause of myocardial infarction and stroke is the rupture of atherosclerotic plaques. The exact location of plaque ruptures has previously been unknown, but now researchers at Lund University ...

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