Increased Expression of Visfatin in Monocytes and Macrophages in Male Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients

• Main Authors: Cheng-An Chiu (Author), Teng-Hung Yu (Author), Wei-Chin Hung (Author), Li-Fen Lu (Author), Fu-Mei Chung (Author), I-Ting Tsai (Author), Chih-Ying Yang (Author), Chia-Chang Hsu (Author), Yung-Chuan Lu (Author), Jer-Yiing Houng (Author), Yau-Jiunn Lee (Author), Chao-Ping Wang (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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We demonstrated that visfatin expressed in monocytes and neutrophils and increased their reactivity in male acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction patients. Furthermore, visfatin was strongly appeared in lipid rich coronary rupture plaques and macrophages. These results suggest another exp...