To examine whether autophagy in DCs plays a role in atherosclerosis, bone marrow from Atg16l1flox/floxCd11cCre+ (designated thereafter as Atg16l1 conditional knock out [cKO]) or Cd11cCre− (designated thereafter as controls) littermate mice was transferred into Ldlr−/− recipient mice. This evidence concerns the gene LDLR and atherosclerosis.