کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
9943248 1573497 2005 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
C-Reactive Protein in Atherosclerotic Lesions
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی کاردیولوژی و پزشکی قلب و عروق
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C-Reactive Protein in Atherosclerotic Lesions
چکیده انگلیسی
C-reactive protein (CRP) is frequently deposited in the lesions of the arterial intima; however, the origin and pathological significance of CRP in these lesions are not completely understood. In this study, we measured CRP levels in the plasma of hypercholesterolemic rabbits and investigated CRP expression at both the mRNA and protein levels using rabbit and human atherosclerotic specimens. CRP levels were significantly elevated in both cholesterol-fed and Watanabe heritable hyperlipidemic rabbits, and CRP levels were clearly correlated with aortic atherosclerotic lesion size. Immunohistochemical staining coupled with Western blotting analysis revealed that CRP-immunoreactive proteins were found at all stages of atherosclerosis from the early to advanced lesions. CRP was present extracellularly and co-localized with apolipoprotein B but was rarely associated with the cytoplasm of macrophages and foam cells. Real-time reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction analysis revealed that CRP mRNA in atherosclerotic lesions was barely detectable, and isolated macrophages did not express CRP mRNA, suggesting that CRP proteins found in the lesions were essentially derived from the circulation rather than synthesized de novo by vascular cells. These results suggest that there is a link between plasma CRP and the degree of atherosclerosis and that inhibition of plasma CRP may represent a therapeutic modality for the treatment of cardiovascular disease.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: The American Journal of Pathology - Volume 167, Issue 4, October 2005, Pages 1139-1148
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