Open AccessThe presence of some cytokines and Chlamydia pneumoniae in the atherosclerotic carotid plaque in patients with carotid artery stenosis
Author(s) -
Dariusz Janczak,
Piotr Ziółkowski,
Tomasz Szydełko,
T Dorobisz,
Dawid Jańczak,
Karolina Dorobisz,
Mariusz Chabowski
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
postępy higieny i medycyny doświadczalnej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.275
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1732-2693
pISSN - 0032-5449
DOI - 10.5604/17322693.1140498
Subject(s) - medicine , chlamydia , stenosis , carotid endarterectomy , pathogenesis , elastin , immunohistochemistry , proinflammatory cytokine , chlamydophila pneumoniae , pathology , cardiology , inflammation , immunology , chlamydiaceae
Over the last few years the role of microorganisms in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis has been widely discussed. Chlamydia pneumoniae activates immune cells to produce cytokines that are responsible for the formation of atheromatous carotid lesions.
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