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Ait-Oufella, Hafid ; Herbin, Olivier ; Bouaziz, Jean-David ; Binder, Christoph J. ; Uyttenhove, Catherine ; et. al. B cell depletion reduces the development of atherosclerosis in mice. In: The Journal of Experimental Medicine, Vol. 207, no. 8, p. 1579-1587 (2010)