Cytokine Therapy With Interleukin-2/Anti–Interleukin-2 Monoclonal Antibody Complexes Expands CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells and Attenuates Development and Progression of Atherosclerosis

Abstract

IL-2/anti-IL-2 mAb treatment in vivo attenuates atherosclerosis via selective Tregs expansion. The findings suggest that cytokine-based IL-2/anti-IL-2 mAb complex therapy could represent an attractive approach for treating atherosclerosis, because it markedly attenuates progression as well as development, by modulating its immunoinflammatory component.