Using the generalized linear model we showed that the expression levels of ITGA1, ITGA4, and ITGB1 were elevated in CTLs from patients compared to healthy donors, and also that ITGA5, ITGB1 could be elevated by the addition of plasma and/or conditioned medium from atherosclerotic plaques thus indicating the integrin patterns for CTLs of patients with atherosclerosis. This evidence concerns the gene ITGA1 and atherosclerosis.