Long-term interleukin-6 levels and subsequent risk of coronary heart disease: two new prospective studies and a systematic review.
<h4>Background</h4>The relevance to coronary heart disease (CHD) of cytokines that govern inflammatory cascades, such as interleukin-6 (IL-6), may be underestimated because such mediators are short acting and prone to fluctuations. We evaluated associations of long-term circulating IL-6...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2008-04-01
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Series: | PLoS Medicine |
Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18399716/?tool=EBI |