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Editorial
. 2015 Dec 21;36(48):3423-5.
doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv489. Epub 2015 Oct 5.

Rheumatoid arthritis and coronary atherosclerosis: two cousins engaging in a dangerous liaison

Roland Klingenberg  1 , Thomas F Lüscher  2
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Editorial

Rheumatoid arthritis and coronary atherosclerosis: two cousins engaging in a dangerous liaison

Roland Klingenberg et al. Eur Heart J. .
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(A) Atherosclerosis: lesion progression culminating in atherothrombosis. (B) Rheumatoid arthritis: cartilage degradation in the synovial joint. B, B cell producing antibodies; DC, dendritic cell; ECM, extracellular matrix; FLS, fibroblast-like synoviocytes; IFN, interferon; IL, interleukin; MHCII-TCR, major histocompatibility complex class II–T cell receptor; Th, T helper cell subset; Treg, regulatory T cell subset; TNF, tumour necrosis factor; VSMC, vascular smooth muscle cell.
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