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Risk factor analysis of plasma cytokines in patients with coronary artery disease by a multiplexed fluorescent immunoassay.

Martins TB, Anderson JL, Muhlestein JB, Horne BD, Carlquist JF, Roberts WL, Carlquist JF

Associated Regional and University Pathologists (ARUP) Institute for Clinical and Experimental Pathology, Salt Lake City, UT 84108, USA.

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death in the United States. Increasing evidence suggests involvement of inflammation in the atherosclerotic process. We examined cytokines and other inflammatory markers in 865 patients with chest pain in whom coronary angiography revealed no evidence of CAD or CAD with or without concomitant myocardial infarction (MI). We developed a multiplexed immunoassay to simultaneously assess the plasma concentrations of 8 cytokines (interferon gamma, interleukin (IL)-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12, and tumor necrosis factor alpha), IL-2r, and soluble CD40 ligand in the patient groups. Concentrations of C-reactive protein (CRP) and IL-18 also were determined. Significant differences (P < .05) between no CAD and combined CAD groups were found for IL-2, IL-4, IL-6, IL-12, and IL-18. When the no CAD group was compared with the group with CAD with subsequent MI, significant differences were found for proinflammatory markers IL-6 (P pound .001), IL-8 (P = .017), and CRP (P pound .001). Cytokine profiles may have a role in differentiating patients with CAD with MI from those with chest pain due to other disorders and in deciphering the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of CAD.

Published 12 May 2006 in Am J Clin Pathol, 125(6): 906-13.
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