We found that MI triggered NLRP3 inflammasome activation leading to conversion of interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and IL-18 into their active mature forms in the heart, which could expand the infarct size and drive cardiac dysfunction.
This study aimed to assess serum irisin level in myocardial infarction (MI) with or without heart failure (HF) and the possible relation between irisin and cardiac markers, tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) and lipid profile.
After the successful use of captopril, the first ACE inhibitor in the treatment of hypertension, a number of molecules were synthesized and used in the treatment of congestive heart failure and for preventing cardiac impairment after myocardial infarction.
These data suggest that after MI, signaling through TGF-β1, possibly related to increased mechanical load, drives Fb activation throughout the left ventricle while regional signaling determines further maturation and extracellular matrix remodeling after MI.
The ACE D allele is known to increase the risk of malignant ventricular arrhythmias and is also associated with increased QT dispersion after myocardial infarction and hypertension.
Role of proinflammatory alleles in longevity and atherosclerosis: results of studies performed on -1562C/TMMP-9 in centenarians and myocardial infarction patients from Sicily.
Individual alleles and haplotypes were studied for association with levels of the inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interleukin-6, and C-reactive protein and risk for MI.
Furthermore, compared with the MI group, the plasma levels of TXA2, ET-1 and vWF contents signififi cantly decreased in the MI+SSYX group, and the ET-1 mRNA expression levels of myocardium in the border zone significantly decreased, and the VEGF, PGI2 and eNOS mRNA expression levels signififi cantly increased (all P<0.05).
The results suggest that effects of single specific genetic variants of the ADRB2 and ACE genes on MI can be readily altered by gene-gene or/and gene-environmental interactions, especially in large heterogeneous samples.
Homozygosity for a common NOS 3 polymorphism (894 G-->T) which encodes a Glu298-->Asp amino acid substitution in eNOS is a risk factor for angiographic CAD and recent MI in this population.
We hypothesized that the NOS3 synthase 4a4b VNTR polymorphism is a determinant of tHcy concentrations and tested this in 310 patients with MI and 250 controls.
UK prospective diabetes study (UKPDS) 14: association of angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism with myocardial infarction in NIDDM.
Age and MI were associated with impaired cardiac function accompanied by left-ventricular (LV) dilatation. mRNA expression of MMP-2 (7d: p < 0.05), TIMP-1 (7d: p < 0.05), TIMP-2 (7d: p < 0.05), Collagen-1 (3d and 7d: p < 0.05) and Collagen-3 (7d: p < 0.05) in LV non-infarcted myocardium was significantly higher in YM than in OM after MI.
After induction of myocardial infarction (MI) by permanent ligation of the left coronary artery in BALB/c mice, the cardiac function, pulmonary congestion, disease biomarkers, and survival were evaluated using the angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor enalapril or the loop diuretic furosemide.
Moreover, a significant upregulation of gene and protein expressions of HMGB1 and its related TLR4 and NF-κB were observed in the MI group when compared with the sham group.
The focus of this review is to summarize findings on biomarkers of myocardial fibrosis (PICP and PIIINP), profibrotic mediators (TGF-beta1), extracellular matrix remodeling (MMP-9), myocardial stretch (BNP and NTpro-BNP), inflammation (interleukins, C-reactive protein and sCD40L), and myocardial necrosis (high-sensitivity troponin T), biomarkers, that can be used in clinical practice to stratify patients at risk for POAF.
Increased expression of α-smooth muscle actin and collagen I/III was observed, whereas the levels of matrix metalloproteinase-2 and matrix metalloproteinase-9 were decreased in the hearts of Dectin-2 knockout mice after MI.
The focus of this review is to summarize findings on biomarkers of myocardial fibrosis (PICP and PIIINP), profibrotic mediators (TGF-beta1), extracellular matrix remodeling (MMP-9), myocardial stretch (BNP and NTpro-BNP), inflammation (interleukins, C-reactive protein and sCD40L), and myocardial necrosis (high-sensitivity troponin T), biomarkers, that can be used in clinical practice to stratify patients at risk for POAF.
-511C/T IL-1beta gene polymorphism affects the risk of MI and ischemic stroke at young age and the response of mononuclear cells to inflammatory stimulation.
The present results suggest that the presence of the deletion allele of the ACE gene may be a risk factor for secondary cardiac events after myocardial infarction.