{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Leistner DM"],"funding":["American Heart Association","Deutsche Stiftung für Herzforschung","National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute","Berlin Institute of Health","NHLBI NIH HHS","German Centre for Cardiovascular Research","Abbott Vascular"],"pagination":["3549-3560"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC7780480"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["41(37)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Aims</h4>Acute coronary syndromes with intact fibrous cap (IFC-ACS), i.e. caused by coronary plaque erosion, account for approximately one-third of ACS. However, the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms as compared with ACS caused by plaque rupture (RFC-ACS) remain largely undefined. The prospective translational OPTICO-ACS study programme investigates for the first time the microenvironment of ACS-causing culprit lesions (CL) with intact fibrous cap by molecular high-resolution intracoronary imaging and simultaneous local immunological phenotyping.<h4>Methods and results</h4>The CL of 170 consecutive ACS patients were investigated by optical coherence tomography (OCT) and simultaneous immunophenotyping by flow cytometric analysis as well as by effector molecule concentration measu"],"journal":["European heart journal"],"pubmed_title":["Differential immunological signature at the culprit site distinguishes acute coronary syndrome with intact from acute coronary syndrome with ruptured fibrous cap: results from the prospective translational OPTICO-ACS study."],"pmcid":["PMC7780480"],"funding_grant_id":["1R01HL134892","81Z2100202","R01 HL134892","18CSA34080399"],"pubmed_authors":["Landmesser U","Kia S","Steiner JK","Mueller DN","Flores E","Stahli BE","Riedel M","Rai H","Rauch-Krohnert U","Abdelwahed YS","Krankel N","Leistner DM","Mochmann HC","Volk HD","Sieronski L","Klotsche J","Strassler E","Haghikia A","Meteva D","Lauten A","Frohlich G","Libby P","Dirks F","Joner M","Skurk C","Seppelt C"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Differential immunological signature at the culprit site distinguishes acute coronary syndrome with intact from acute coronary syndrome with ruptured fibrous cap: results from the prospective translational OPTICO-ACS study.","description":"<h4>Aims</h4>Acute coronary syndromes with intact fibrous cap (IFC-ACS), i.e. caused by coronary plaque erosion, account for approximately one-third of ACS. However, the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms as compared with ACS caused by plaque rupture (RFC-ACS) remain largely undefined. The prospective translational OPTICO-ACS study programme investigates for the first time the microenvironment of ACS-causing culprit lesions (CL) with intact fibrous cap by molecular high-resolution intracoronary imaging and simultaneous local immunological phenotyping.<h4>Methods and results</h4>The CL of 170 consecutive ACS patients were investigated by optical coherence tomography (OCT) and simultaneous immunophenotyping by flow cytometric analysis as well as by effector molecule concentration measu","dates":{"release":"2020-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2020 Oct","modification":"2026-04-07T16:13:48.962Z","creation":"2025-04-06T00:00:57.896Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC7780480","cross_references":{"pubmed":["33080003"],"doi":["10.1093/eurheartj/ehaa703"]}}