Higher levels of circulating naïve CD8+CD45RA+ cells are associated with lower extent of coronary atherosclerosis and vascular dysfunction

Higher levels of circulating naïve CD8⁺CD45RA⁺ cells are associated with lower extent of coronary atherosclerosis and vascular dysfunction

Int J Cardiol. 2018 May 15:259:26-30. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.01.079.

¹ Department of Interventional Cardiology, Jagiellonian University College of Medicine, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Department of Interventional Cardiology, Jagiellonian University College of Medicine, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland.
³ Department of Internal and Agricultural Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland; British Heart Foundation Centre for Excellence, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom.
⁴ Department of Internal and Agricultural Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland.
⁵ Department of Cardiac and Vascular Diseases, Jagiellonian University College of Medicine, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland.
⁶ Department of Cardiovascular Surgery and Transplantology, Jagiellonian University, John Paul II Hospital, Krakow, Poland.

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Keywords: Atherosclerosis; Inflammation; PWV; T-cells.