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http://hdl.handle.net/1887/68336
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dissertation.
Author: Amersfoort, J.
Title: Dyslipidemia, metabolism and autophagy : antigen-independent modulation of T
cells in atherosclerosis
Dyslipidemia, metabolism and autophagy:
antigen-independent modulation of T cells in atherosclerosis
2018
Dyslipidemia, metabolism and autophagy: antigen-independent modulation of T cells in atherosclerosis
Jacob Amersfoort
Cover design: Optima, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Thesis lay-out: Optima, Rotterdam, The Netherlands ISBN: 978-94-6361-215-9
Printer: Optima, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Proefschrift Leiden
Met Literatuur opgave – met samenvatting in het Nederlands © Copyright 2018 Jacob Amersfoort
Dyslipidemia, metabolism and autophagy:
antigen-independent modulation of T cells in
atherosclerosis
PROEFSCHRIFT ter verkrijging vande graad van Doctor aan de Universiteit Leiden, op gezag van Rector Magnificus prof. mr. C.J.J.M Stolker,
volgens besluit van het College voor Promoties te verdedigen op woensdag 23 januari 2019
klokke 13:45 door Jacob Amersfoort Geboren te Leiden
Promotor: prof. dr. J. Kuiper Co-promotor: dr. I. Bot
Promotiecommissie
prof. dr. H. Irth - LACDR (voorzitter) prof. dr. J.A. Bouwstra - LACDR (secretaris) prof. A.J. van Zonneveld - LUMC
dr. J.C. Sluimer - MUMC
dr. D.F.J. Ketelhuth - Karolinska Institute, Sweden
The research described in this thesis was performed at the Division of BioTherapeutics, Leiden Academic Center for Drug Research, Leiden University, Leiden, The Netherlands. Financial support by the Dutch Heart Foundation for publication of this thesis is grate-fully acknowledged.
The realization of this thesis was also financially supported by: - LACDR
Table of contents
Chapter 1 General introduction 9
Chapter 2 T cell metabolism in metabolic disease-associated autoimmunity 47 Chapter 3 Diet-induced dyslipidemia induces metabolic and migratory
adaptations in regulatory T cells
77
Chapter 4 Modulation of lipid metabolism during dyslipidemia primes naïve T cells and affects their effector phenotype
115
Chapter 5 Defective autophagy in T cells impairs the development of diet-induced hepatic steatosis and atherosclerosis
145
Chapter 6 Lipocalin-2 contributes to experimental atherosclerosis in a stage-dependent manner
171
Chapter 7 General discussion and perspectives 199