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Immunomodulation for treatment and prevention of atherosclerosis
- Source :
- Autoimmunity Reviews. 1:21-27
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2002.
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Abstract
- In recent years, it has become clear that the immune system has a major role in atherosclerosis development and progression. More specifically, atherosclerosis fulfills all four criteria to define a condition as being an autoimmune in nature. This association also suggests that modification of the immune response in atherosclerosis could affect this process. In this review, we summarize different aspects of immunomodulation in atherosclerosis. These include immunosuppression, active immunization, induction of tolerance, administration of intravenous immunoglobulin, gene therapy, cytokine network manipulation and statins.
- Subjects :
- Arteriosclerosis
medicine.medical_treatment
Immunology
Autoimmunity
Active immunization
medicine.disease_cause
Autoimmune Diseases
Immune tolerance
Immune system
Immune Tolerance
medicine
Animals
Humans
Immunology and Allergy
Immunosuppression Therapy
biology
business.industry
Vaccination
Models, Immunological
Immunosuppression
Genetic Therapy
medicine.disease
Cytokine
biology.protein
Cytokines
Antibody
business
Immunosuppressive Agents
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15689972
- Volume :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Autoimmunity Reviews
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....8cff6ca0ec3493f8b0a8998bb3315a06