Journal
CURRENT PHARMACEUTICAL DESIGN
Volume 27, Issue 18, Pages 2141-2150Publisher
BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.2174/1381612827666210118121952
Keywords
Cardiovascular disease; atherosclerosis; T cells; B cells; dendritic cells
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- UAEU, UAE [31S411]
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Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death globally, with a close relationship to atherosclerosis. The immune system plays a crucial role in the development and progression of atherosclerosis in CVD, and different subsets of B cells may have anti-atherogenic effects. Therapeutic approaches targeting atherosclerosis risk factors have reduced mortality, but there is a need for novel therapies to treat arterial vascular inflammation.
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. Chronic atherosclerosis induced vascular inflammation and perturbation of lipid metabolism is believed to be a major cause of CVD. Interplay of innate and adaptive Immune system has been interwined with various risk factors associated with the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis in CVD. A large body of evidence indicates a correlation between immunity and atherosclerosis. Retention of plasma lipoproteins in arterial subendothelial wall triggers the T helper type 1 (Th1) cells and monocyte-derived macrophages to form atherosclerotic plaques. In the present review, we will discuss the pathogenesis of CVD in relation to atherosclerosis with a particular focus on pro-atherogenic role of immune cells. Recent findings have also suggested anti-atherogenic roles of different B cell subsets. Therapeutic approaches to target atherosclerosis risk factors have reduced the mortality, but a need exists for the novel therapies to treat arterial vascular inflammation. These insights into the immune pathogenesis of atherosclerosis can lead to new targeted therapeutics to abate cardiovascular mortality and morbidity.
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