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1Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. matoba@jikei.ac.jp.
Abstract:
Transendothelial leukocyte migration is an early event in the progression of vascular inflammation, the underlying molecular mechanism of atherosclerosis. Inflammatory mediators such as adhesion molecules and chemokines are essential in this process. Leukocyte migration into the vascular wall can be monitored by the detection of CD11b-positive immune cells in animal models of atherosclerosis. This chapter will describe an immunohistochemical technique used to evaluate leukocyte migration in vivo.
