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Interleukins 6 and 8 as mediators of acute phase response in acute myocardial infarction
G Pannitteri1, B Marino, P P Campa
1Department of Cardiac Surgery, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
The American Journal of Cardiology
|September 19, 1997
Abstract:
The present study provides evidence that interleukin (IL)-6 and IL-8 are the main endogenous mediators of acute phase response in patients with myocardial infarction. This conclusion was supported by the observation of a strict relation between IL-6 elevation and the extent of myocardial tissue damage and rise in body temperature.