Bram W van Os, Pascal J H Kusters, Myrthe den Toom, Linda Beckers, Claudia M van Tiel, Winnie G Vos, Elize de Jong, Arnd Kieser, Cindy van Roomen, Christoph J Binder, Myrthe E Reiche, Menno P de Winther, Laura A Bosmans, Esther Lutgens
BACKGROUND: Atherosclerosis is the underlying cause of many cardiovascular diseases, such as myocardial infarction or stroke. B cells, and their production of pro- and anti-atherogenic antibodies, play an important role in atherosclerosis. In B cells, TRAF2 and NCK-interacting Kinase (TNIK), a germinal center kinase, was shown to bind to TNF-receptor associated factor 6 (TRAF6), and to be involved in JNK and NF-κB signaling in human B cells, a pathway associated with antibody production...
2023: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine