Associations of Interleukin-5 With Plaque Development and Cardiovascular Events

Summary: Experimental studies have suggested an atheroprotective role of interleukin (IL)-5 through the stimulation of natural immunoglobulin M antibody expression. In the present study we show that there are no associations between baseline levels of IL-5 and risk for development of coronary events...

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Main Authors: Anki Knutsson, PhD, Harry Björkbacka, PhD, Pontus Dunér, PhD, Gunnar Engström, MD, PhD, Christoph J. Binder, MD, PhD, Anna Hultgårdh Nilsson, PhD, Jan Nilsson, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-12-01
Series:JACC: Basic to Translational Science
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452302X19301901