Abstract:
:Atherosclerosis together with multiple sclerosis, psoriasis and rheumatoid arthritis can be used as examples of chronic inflammatory diseases associated with multifactorial components that evolve over the years. Nevertheless, an important difference between these diseases relies on the fact that atherosclerosis develops from early ages where inflammation dominates the very beginning of the disease. This review highlights the inflammatory nature of atherosclerosis and the role the immune system plays in the process of atherogenesis. Although treatment of atherosclerosis has been for years based on lipid-lowering therapies reducing a series of risk factors, the degree of success has been only limited because cardiovascular complications related to the evolution of atherosclerotic lesions continue to appear in the population worldwide. In this sense, alternative treatments for atherosclerosis have come into play where both innate and adaptive immunity have been proposed to modulate atherosclerosis-associated inflammatory phenomena. When tested for their atheroprotective properties, several immunogens have been studied through passive and active immunization with good results and, therefore, the strategy through vaccination to control the disease has been made possible. Many experimental pre-clinical studies demonstrating proof of concept that vaccination using DNA and protein with an effective use of adjuvants and the optimal route of administration now provide a tangible new therapeutic approach that sets the stage for several of these vaccines to be tested in large, randomized, long-term clinical studies. A vaccine ready for human use will only be accomplished through the close association between academia, regulatory government organizations and private industry, allowing the reality of a simple and successful therapy to reduce atherosclerosis and its severe clinical complications.
journal_name
Arch Med Resjournal_title
Archives of medical researchauthors
García-González V,Delgado-Coello B,Pérez-Torres A,Mas-Oliva Jdoi
10.1016/j.arcmed.2015.06.004subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-07-01 00:00:00pages
427-37issue
5eissn
0188-4409issn
1873-5487pii
S0188-4409(15)00140-Xjournal_volume
46pub_type
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