Elevated Circulating Interleukin-27 in Patients with Coronary Artery Disease Is Associated with Dendritic Cells, Oxidized Low-Density Lipoprotein, and Severity of Coronary Artery Stenosis

• Main Authors: Wen Jin (Author), Yiqiao Zhao (Author), Wen Yan (Author), Longxing Cao (Author), Weiwei Zhang (Author), Ming Wang (Author), Ting Zhang (Author), Qiang Fu (Author), Zhiliang Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Coronary artery disease (CAD) is an immune-mediated chronic inflammatory disease mainly caused by atherosclerosis. The aims of this study were to investigate the role of interleukin-27 (IL-27) in patients with CAD and the severity of coronary artery lesions, which was evaluated by Gensini score and...