Heart Attack Genetics
Findings from Medical School, Department of Cardiology in heart attack genetics reported
Published in Cardiovascular Week, October 22nd, 2007
A report, 'Survival pathways in hypertrophy and heart failure: the gp130-STAT axis,' is newly published data in Basic Research In Cardiology. According to recent research from Germany, "'Circulating levels of interleukin (IL)-6 and related cytokines are elevated in patients with congestive heart failure and after myocardial infarction. Serum IL-6 concentrations are related to decreasing functional status of these patients and provide important prognostic information."
"Moreover, in the failing human heart, multiple components of the IL-6-glycoprotein (gp)130 receptor system are impaired, implicating an important role of this system in cardiac pathophysiology....
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Source: Cardiovascular Week (2007-10-22)
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