Does a myocardial infarction boost your (B cell) memory?

Monaco C., Cole J.

Graphical abstract Establishment of an autoreactive B cell memory after myocardial infarction: a working hypothesis. The demise of cardiac cells leads to the release of cryptoantigens that induce a humoral immune response that leads to accumulation of immunoglobulins in plaques and eventually amplifies atherogenesis at remote sites.

DOI

10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa1059

Type

Journal article

Publication Date

2021-03-01T00:00:00+00:00

Volume

42

Pages

948 - 950

Total pages

2

Keywords

Alarmins, Animals, Atherosclerosis, B-Lymphocytes, Immunoglobulins, Mice, Myocardial Infarction, Plasma Cells

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