1Mustafa A, Nityanand S, Berglund L, et al. Circulating immune complexes in 50-year-old men as a strong and independent risk factor for myocardial infarction [J]. Circulation,2000 ; 102 (21 ) :2576-81.
2Ridker PM, Rifai N, Pfeffer MA, et al. Long-term effects of pravastatin on plasma concentration of c-reactive protein [J]. Circulation, 1999 ; 100 (3) :230-5.
5Falk E. Why do plaques rupture[J]. Circulation, 1992 ;86(6 Suppl ) :Ⅲ 30-42.
6Ross R. Mechanisms of disease: atheroselerosis-an inflammatory disease [J]. N Engl J Med,1999;340(2) :115-26.
7Gupta S, Pablo AM,Jiang XC. IFN-γ potentiates atherosclerosis in ApoE knock-out mice[J].J Clin Invest, 1997 ;99 ( 11 ) :2752-61.
8Whitman S C, Ravisankar P, Daugherty A. Interleukin-18 enhances atherosclerosis in apolipoprotein E (-/-) mice through release of interferon- [ gamma ] [J]. C irc Res, 2002 ;90 ( 2 ) : E34-8.
9Gerdes N, Sukhova GK, Libby P, et al. Expression of interleukin-18 and functional IL-18 receptor on human vascular endothelial cells, smooth muscle cells, and macrophages : implications for atherogensis[J], J Exp Med,2002 ;195(2) :245-57.
10Mallat Z, Henry P, Fressonnet R,et al. Increased plasma concentrations of interleukin-18 in acute coronary syndromes[J]. Heart,2002 ;88 (5) : 467 -9.
2[2]Yamashitn K, Ouchi K, Shirai M, et, al. Disteribution of chlamydia pneumonia infection in the atherosclerotic carotid artery. Stroke, 1998,29: 773～778
3[3]Ushios, Namba M, Okura T, et.al. Cloming of the CDNA for humau IFN-gamma-inducing factor, expression in Escherichia coli, and studies on the biologic activities of the protein, J Immunol 1996, 156:4274～4279
4[4]Blankenberg S, Tiret L, Bickel C, et.al. Interleukiu-18is a strong predictor of cardiovascular death in stable and unstable angina. Circulation, 2002, 106: 24～30
5[5]Cersh B J, Braunwald E, Rutherford JP. Chronic coronary artery disease. In Braunwald E, editor. Heart Disease: A Textbook of cardiovascular Medicine, 5th ed. phitadelphia: Saunders, 1997,1289～1365
6[6]Seta Y, Kanda T, Tanaka T, et al. Interleukin 18 in acute myocardial infarction. Heart, 2000,84: 668～669
7Biasucci LM, Santamaria M, Liuzzo G. Inflammation, atherosclerosis and acute coronary syndromes[J]. Minerva Cardioangiol, 2002, 50(5): 475-486.
8Rallidis LS, Zolindaki MG, Manioudaki HS, et al. Prognostic value of C-reactive protein, fibrinogen, interleukin-6, and macrophage colony stimulating factor in severe unstable angina[J]. Clin Cardiol, 2002, 25(11):505-510.
9Okamura H, Tsutsui H, Komatsu T, et al. Cloning of a new cytokine that induces IFN-gamma production by T cells[J]. Nature, 1995, 378(6552): 88-91.
10Dinarello CA. Interleukin-18, a proinflammatory cytokine[J]. Eur Cytokine Netw, 2000, 11(3): 483-486.
