Periodic Reporting for period 2 - ANIMATE (Adaptive Immunity in Human Atherosclerosis: Understanding its Cellular Basis to Define Novel Immunomodulatory Therapies)

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and its complications, myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke, represent the leading cause of mortality worldwide and cause an estimated 17.9 million deaths annually (~31% of all worldwide death cases). The most common underlying pathology for CVD...