CD8 + T cells accumulate in atherosclerotic plaques. LMU researchers identify a crucial signaling pathway—with therapeutic potential. Atherosclerosis is the most common cause of life-threatening ...

Cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) was a complication in about 10% of pulmonary sarcoidosis (PS) cases, investigators reported in Respiratory Medicine. The retrospective study assessed the prevalence, incidence ...

For a long time, macrophages and foam cells were considered the principal agents in the formation of plaques. More recent studies, however, have focused on other immune system cells, CD8+ T cells ...