Arterial inflammation is a significant component of atherosclerotic disease-specific immune
responses directed against autoantigens or pathogen-derived antigens in the vascular wall
could initiate and/or maintain atherosclerotic processes. Atherosclerosis is now regarded as
a chronic inflammatory disease. Developing in response to injury in the vessel wall, it is
characterized by the infiltration of mononuclear lymphocytes into the intima, local expansion
of vascular smooth muscle cells, and accumulation of extracellular matrix. A number of …