Arteriosclerosis: is stress-induced immune suppression a risk factor?
Female Sprague-Dawley rats, purchased as retired breeders, developed arteriosclerosis that was accompanied by immune complex deposition in the arterial lesion and depressed immune responsiveness to T cell mitogens.
D000818:Animals; D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology; D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D005260:Female; D007074:Immunoglobulin G; D007165:Immunosuppression Therapy; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D011247:Pregnancy; D011270:Pregnancy, Animal; D051381:Rats; D013154:Spleen / Q000276:immunology; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology
D000936:Antigen-Antibody Complex; D007074:Immunoglobulin G