Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain
the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in
Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles
and JavaScript.
A Nian beast (proinflammatory PD-1+ T cells) wreaks havoc in the village (a metaphor for atherosclerosis, AS) on New Year's Eve. A man, dressed in red, ignites firecrackers (FcgR-binding anti-PD-1 mAb), preventing the Nian beast from causing trouble in the village (the shrinkage of AS plaques). See page 407–427 by Lin Fan et al. for details.