Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Expression in Human Endothelial Cells and Atherosclerosis
- 1 November 2000
- journal article
- other
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- Vol. 20 (11) , 2394-2400
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.atv.20.11.2394
Abstract
—The proinflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-1 is expressed mainly within the endothelium of atherosclerotic plaques and may be linked with inflammatory mechanisms of atherogenesis. IL-1 ...Keywords
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