RAG1 and atherosclerosis: Mice models lacking lymphocytes (athymic nu/nu mice—deficient in B and T cells and ILCs), or Rag1–/– mice (deficient in B and T cells) (72, 82–87) or the use of T cell depletion models were shown either to be protected from atherosclerosis or to develop more atherosclerosis (72, 84, 88, 89).