Atherosclerosis
Volume 220, Issue 2 , Pages 329-336, February 2012

Local delivery of IL-2 reduces atherosclerosis via expansion of regulatory T cells

  • Thore Dietrich

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine – Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum, Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Department of Medicine – Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin, Augustenburger Platz 1, D-13353 Berlin, Germany. Tel.: +49 30 4593 2522.
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  • Thomas Hucko

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine – Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum, Berlin, Germany
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  • Christiane Schneemann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine – Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum, Berlin, Germany
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  • Marleen Neumann

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine – Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum, Berlin, Germany
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  • Andreas Menrad

      Affiliations

    • Genzyme Europe, Cambridge, UK
    • ,
  • Joerg Willuda

      Affiliations

    • Bayer Schering Pharma AG, Berlin, Germany
    • ,
  • Kirstin Atrott

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine – Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum, Berlin, Germany
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  • Dietger Stibenz

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine – Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum, Berlin, Germany
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  • Eckart Fleck

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine – Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum, Berlin, Germany
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  • Kristof Graf

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medicine – Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum, Berlin, Germany
    • Department of Medicine, Jüdisches Krankenhaus, Berlin, Germany
    • These two authors contributed equally to this study.
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  • Hans D. Menssen

      Affiliations

    • Philogen, S.p.A., Siena, Italy
    • These two authors contributed equally to this study.

Received 13 April 2011; received in revised form 20 September 2011; accepted 27 September 2011. published online 07 November 2011.

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PII: S0021-9150(11)00956-7

doi:10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2011.09.050

Atherosclerosis
Volume 220, Issue 2 , Pages 329-336, February 2012

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