Immune System Signatures Correlate with the Near Term Risk of Developing Atherosclerosis

From the abstract

Atherosclerosis is universal; everyone develops fatty atherosclerotic plaques in their arteries at some point, and to some degree. Plaques narrow blood vessels to impede blood flow, and rupture of unstable plaque causes heart attack, stroke, and embolism. It is the largest cause of human mortality, and at present the best that the medical community can do is to slow down plaque growth. Established therapies based on reducing the amount of cholesterol carried outward from the liver on low-density