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Determine whether CD4+ T cells drive atherosclerosis progression and mediate the atheroprotective effects of oxidized low-density lipoprotein or adjuvant immunization.

January 21, 2005Circulation ResearchOpen Access

Lesion Development and Response to Immunization Reveal a Complex Role for CD4 in Atherosclerosis

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XZXinghua ZhouShanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences ARAnna-Karin L. RobertsonBioInvent (Sweden)MRMats RudlingUppsala University

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Animal study demonstrates that CD4+ T cells promote arterial lesions but differentially mediate immunization responses in mice, highlighting multifaceted immune targets in atherosclerosis.

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Determine whether CD4+ T cells drive atherosclerosis progression and mediate the atheroprotective effects of oxidized low-density lipoprotein or adjuvant immunization.
Evaluated atherosclerotic lesion development across apolipoprotein E knockout (apoE KO) mice and CD4/apoE double-knockout (dKO) mice.
Assigned mice to three experimental conditions: untreated controls, immunization with oxidized low-density lipoprotein (oxLDL) emulsified in Freund adjuvant, or immunization with Freund adjuvant alone.
Apolipoprotein E knockout mice lacking CD4+ cells developed significantly reduced atherosclerosis, identifying CD4+ T cells as a major proatherogenic cell population.
Immunization with oxLDL conferred atheroprotection independently of CD4+ T cells.
Atheroprotection induced by Freund adjuvant administration alone required the presence of CD4+ T cells.

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Zhou et al. (2005) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a72fae164272606b331e2ed https://doi.org/10.1161/01.res.0000156889.22364.f1

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Animal study demonstrates that CD4+ T cells promote arterial lesions but differentially mediate immunization responses in mice, highlighting multifaceted immune targets in atherosclerosis.

Lesion Development and Response to Immunization Reveal a Complex Role for CD4 in Atherosclerosis

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Lesion Development and Response to Immunization Reveal a Complex Role for CD4 in Atherosclerosis

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