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Although all patients with symptomatic disease show a modest elevation in the concentration of intraplaque lymphocytes, a preferential increase in CD8 + class I-restricted T cells is observed in symptomatic carotid plaque positive for C pneum oniae. These data provide incentive to further explore the role of Chlamydia in the modification of immune-mediated mechanisms in active atherosclerotic plaque. |
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