title: Proliferating macrophages prevail in atherosclerosis.
abstract: Macrophages accumulate in atherosclerotic lesions during the inflammation that is part of atherosclerosis development and progression. A new study in mice indicates that the accumulation of macrophages in atherosclerotic plaques depends on local macrophage proliferation rather than the recruitment of circulating monocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Immunology at Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Gwendalyn J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Randolph
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D050197:Atherosclerosis / Q000276:immunology* / Q000473:pathology*; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D008264:Macrophages / Q000502:physiology*