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ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY
卷 29, 期 1, 页码 128-U293出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.108.173658
关键词
atherosclerosis; carotid arteries; inflammation; plaque; stroke
资金
- European Union [OIF21773]
Objective-Rupture of unstable atherosclerotic plaques is the pathological substrate for acute ischemic events. Underlying cellular and molecular characteristics of plaque rupture have been studied extensively. However, the natural course of symptomatic plaque remodeling after ischemic events is relatively unexplored. Methods and Results-Atherosclerotic carotid plaques were obtained from 804 symptomatic (stroke = 204 and TIA = 426) and asymptomatic (n = 174) patients undergoing carotid endarterectomy. The presence of macrophages, smooth muscle cells (SMC), collagen, calcification, and lipid-core size were assessed histologically. At protein level, inflammatory mediators (interleukin [IL]-2, IL-4, IL-5, IL-8, IL-10, IL-12p70, interferon-gamma [INF-gamma], tumor necrosis factor-alpha [TNF-alpha], matrix degrading proteinases (MMPs), and an apoptosis marker (caspase-3) were determined. We associated plaque characteristics with time elapsed between the latest event and surgery. Early after stroke and TIA, plaques revealed an unstable phenotype. After stroke, the content of macrophages decreased significantly with time (P = 0.02), whereas SMC content tended to increase. At protein level, IL-6, IL-8 expression levels and caspase activity strongly decreased after stroke or TIA. Conclusions-Symptomatic carotid lesions remodel into more stable plaques over time after stroke. Changes in IL-6 and IL-8 and caspase preceded the decrease of macrophages. These temporal phenotypic plaque alterations should be taken into account for biomarker and therapeutic target validation studies using human atherosclerotic plaques. (Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2009; 29: 128-133.)
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