As HSP60's implicated pathway in atherosclerosis includes activation of T cells, monocytes, and DCs, it facilitates the attachment to endothelial cells and transmigration into the intima as demonstrated in a study that reported T cell activation by HSP60 through DCs in a MHC‐II dependent‐fashion, when DCs were cocultured with HSP60 and T cells.113. This evidence concerns the gene HSPD1 and atherosclerosis.