Atherosclerosis, inflammation, and infec
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de Boer, Onno J.; van der Wal, Allard C.; Becker, Anton E.
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Article
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2000
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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In recent years, it has been shown that in¯ammation plays an important role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. Activated macrophages, T lymphocytes, and mast cells are present in atherosclerotic plaques, which has led to the notion that the in¯ammatory response is an immunemediated process. Com