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A more recent version of this article appeared on May 1, 2005
Papers In Press, published online ahead of print March 16, 2005
J. Lipid Res., doi:10.1194/jlr.R500003-JLR200
Submitted on February 7, 2005
Revised on March 8, 2005
Accepted on March 8, 2005
The unusual suspects: An overview of the minor leukocyte populations in atherosclerosis
Paul A. VanderLaan and Catherine A. Reardon
Department of Pathology, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637
Corresponding Author: reardon{at}uchicago.edu
Atherosclerosis is a complex inflammatory disease process involving an array of cell types and interactions. Although macrophage foam cells and vascular smooth muscle cells comprise the bulk of the atherosclerotic lesion, other cell types have been implicated in this disease process as well. These cellular components of both innate and adaptive immunity are involved in modulating the response of macrophage foam cells and vascular smooth muscle cells to the retained and modified lipids in the vessel wall, as well as driving the vascular chronic inflammation that characterizes this disease. In this review, the involvement of a number of less prominent leukocyte populations in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis will be discussed. More specifically, the roles of natural killer cells, mast cells, neutrophils, dendritic cells,  T-cells, natural killer T-cells, regulatory T-cells, and B-cells will be addressed.

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