Inflammatory biomarkers including interleukin-6 (IL-6), high-sensitivity C reactive protein (HsCRP), matrix metallopeptidase 9 (MMP-9), intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1, vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM)-1 and monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 were measured at rest and 90 min after mental stress.
Inflammatory markers including interleukin-6 (IL-6), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), matrix metallopeptidase 9 (MMP-9) and high-sensitivity C reactive protein (hsCRP) were measured at rest and 90 min after mental stress.
We sought to examine IL -6 response to acute stress in CAD patients across sex and age, and contrast results to healthy controls and other biomarkers known to increase with mental stress (monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and matrix metallopeptidase-9) and known limited stress-reactivity (high-sensitivity C-reactive protein).