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Tag: IL-6

Interleukin-6 and heart disease

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

Known vascular risk factors can explain only about half of all cardiovascular disease, leaving much to be discovered about other causes of stroke and heart attack. Persistent inflammation has been implicated in the pathogenesis of coronary heart disease, but causality has not been established for any specific inflammatory mediator. […]

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