Published in Cardiovascular Week, November 6th, 2006
According to recent research from Italy, "Inflammation plays a pivotal role in atherothrombosis. Recent data indicate that serum levels of neopterin, a marker of inflammation and immune modulator secreted by monocytes/macrophages, are elevated in patients with acute coronary syndromes and seem to be a prognostic marker for major cardiovascular events."
"The aim of the present study was to determine whether neopterin might affect the thrombotic and atherosclerotic characteristics of human coronary artery endothelial cells (HCAECs)," wrote P. Cirillo and colleagues...
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Source: Cardiovascular Week (2006-11-06)
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