Dendritic cells and their involvement in atherosclerosis

Dendritic cells constitute a unique family of cells able to induce primary immune responses. Over the past decade, immunologists have been increasingl y preoccupied with dendritic cells and dendritic cells are now seen as a pa nacea for vaccine development, tumour immunotherapy and a host of other imm unological applications. The recent finding of dendritic cells accumulating in atherosclerotic lesions should stimulate investigation of their contrib utions to atherogenesis and their potential use in anti-atherosclerosis the rapies. Curr Opin Lipidol 11:511-517. (C) 2000 Lippincott Williams & Wilkin s.