C-reactive protein and interleukin-6 in vascular disease: Culprits or passive bystanders?

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1787-1803

  Rattazzi, Marcello ^a   Puato, Massimo ^a   Faggin, Elisabetta ^a   Bertipaglia, Barbara ^a   Zambon, Alberto ^a   Pauletto, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; C reactive protein; Cardiovascular disease; Inflammation; Interleukin 6

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CELECOXIB; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; MEVINOLIN; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR AGONIST; ROSIGLITAZONE; THIAZOLIDINE DERIVATIVE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ATHEROGENESIS; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE MARKER; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 0142010515     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004872-200310000-00002     Document Type: Review

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