ea0011p218 | Cytokines and growth factors | ECE2006
Osuch M
, Szygula-Jurkiewicz B
, Szkodzinski J
, Wojnicz R
, Lekston A
, Polonski L
, Blazelonis A
, Zubelewicz-Szkodzinska B
Mediators of inflammatory reaction are present at every stage of forming of atheromatous plaque, its proliferation and destabilization. Cytokines play a key role in regulation of intensity of chronic inflamatory reaction. We aimed at investigation if IL-4 and IFN-gamma are predictors of MACE in a group of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI).A total of 50 patients: 40 males and 10 females, aged 56±10 years (mean±S.D.),...