Open AccessAtherosclerosis Pathways are Activated in Pericoronary Adipose Tissue of Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Author(s) -
Michał Konwerski,
Agnieszka Gromadka,
Adam Arendarczyk,
Marta Koblowska,
Roksana Iwanicka-Nowicka,
Radosław Wilimski,
Paweł Czub,
Krzysztof J. Filipiak,
Piotr Hendzel,
Piotr Zielenkiewicz,
Grzegorz Opolski,
Aleksandra Gąsecka,
Tomasz Mazurek
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of inflammation research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.656
H-Index - 33
ISSN - 1178-7031
DOI - 10.2147/jir.s326769
Subject(s) - biology , proinflammatory cytokine , inflammation , pathogenesis , adipose tissue , medicine , immunology , endocrinology
Perivascular release of inflammatory mediators may accelerate coronary lesion formation and contribute to plaque instability. Accordingly, we compared gene expression in pericoronary adipose tissue (PCAT) in patients with advanced coronary artery disease (CAD) and non-CAD controls.