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Here we report that MCMV infections of gene-targeted mice lacking IFN-γR and subjected to whole body irradiation develop vascular lesions that over 4 months progress to severe vasculopathy characterized by significant neointima formation, a prominent feature of autoimmune vasculopathies in humans.
However, it is important to note that while there are undoubtedly autoimmune aspects of atherosclerosis, this issue is still under debate [ 17 ] . The formation of neointima characteristic of the vasculopathy in autoimmune diseases by this approach has, to our knowledge, not been previously reported.
Smooth muscle/myofibroblast cells forming the neointima did not reveal any cells positive by TUNEL (Fig.
We utilized monoclonal antibody specific for α-SMA, a marker for myofibroblast cells, and found that neointima seen in the aortas of MCMV infected experimental animals contained myofibroblasts.
Apoptosis of vascular endothelium may be the trigger that initiates the uncontrolled repair mechanism characterized by the proliferation of smooth muscle cells/myofibroblasts, leading to the development of neointima in MCMV induced vascular disease.