KITAGAWA KAZUO
   Department   Other, Other
   Position  
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Association of interleukin-6 with the progression of carotid atherosclerosis: a 9-year follow-up study.
Journal Formal name:Stroke; a journal of cerebral circulation
Abbreviation:Stroke
ISSN code:(1524-4628)0039-2499(Linking)
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 45(10),pp.2924-9
Author and coauthor Okazaki Shuhei, Sakaguchi Manabu, Miwa Kaori, Furukado Shigetaka, Yamagami Hiroshi, Yagita Yoshiki, Mochizuki Hideki, Kitagawa Kazuo
Publication date 2014/10
Summary Chronic elevation of serum IL-6 was associated with the progression of atherosclerosis in patients with vascular risk factors. IL-6 could be used as a quantitative marker and a potential therapeutic target for accelerated atherosclerosis.
DOI 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005991
PMID 25139874