… taking place within atherosclerotic lesions. However, it may be of equal of even greater
benefit to try to describe the potential clinical predictive value of these cytokines in the …

… of certain pro-inflammatory cytokines can be used as surrogate … cytokines within atherosclerotic
plaques may diffuse into the circulation and thereby that plasma levels of such cytokines …

… Several other studies have evaluated the predictive value of … cytokine, which enhances the
production of CRP [90, 91]. Another cytokine, the TNFa, is also implicated in atherosclerosis […

… In these large population studies, CRP was a strong independent predictor of events, and
its predictive value was equal to that of the metabolic syndrome. In 2 studies,61., 63. the age-…

… pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, participating … cytokines in atherogenesis expands, newer
approaches come to light and many show promising results in the fight against atherosclerosis…

… of numerous growth factors and cytokines, including tumor … The atherosclerotic lesion
contains cytokines that promote a … use, the independence of the predictive value of PAI-1 from …

… M-CSF), which is a secreted cytokine that influences haemopoietic stem cells to differentiate
into … atherosclerosis are CRP and IL-1, IL-6 and IL-18. The roles and the predictive values of …

… TNF-α plays a major role in the cytokine cascade as it stimulates the synthesis of … cytokines.
Also the other two pro-inflammatory cytokines, interleukin-1 and -6, are pleotropic cytokines …

… associations between cytokines and atherosclerosis extent are … The pro-inflammatory cytokines
studied in the present study, IL-… The adverse predictive value of high TNF-a and IL-6 has …

… In stable atherosclerotic disease the predictive value of WBC … In this study each of the 3
cytokines was significantly … Of all three, IL-6 had the best predictive value which also extended to …