Statins Reduce Interleukin-6–Induced C-Reactive Protein in Human Hepatocytes
- 1 June 2005
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
- Vol. 25 (6) , 1231-1236
- https://doi.org/10.1161/01.atv.0000163840.63685.0c
Abstract
Objectives— Besides its predictive role in determining cardiovascular risk, C-reactive protein (CRP) may exert direct proatherogenic effects through proinflammatory properties. CRP is mainly produc... C-reactive protein (CRP), mainly produced by hepatocytes in response to interleukin-6 (IL-6), is a powerful independent predictor of future cardiovascular events. In this study, we demonstrate that...Keywords
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