Abstract

Experimental studies have suggested an atheroprotective role of interleukin (IL)-5 through the stimulation of natural immunoglobulin M antibody expression. In the present study we show that there are no associations between baseline levels of IL-5 and risk for development of coronary events or stroke during a 15.7 ± 6.3 years follow-up of 696 subjects randomly sampled from the Malmö Diet and Cancer study. However, presence of a plaque at the carotid bifurcation was associated with lower IL-5 and IL-5 deficiency resulted in increased plaque development at sites of oscillatory blood flow in Apoe−/− mice suggesting a protective role for IL-5 in plaque development.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)891-902
Number of pages12
JournalJACC: Basic to Translational Science
Volume4
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019

Subject classification (UKÄ)

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Disease

Free keywords

  • atherosclerosis
  • interleukin 5
  • myocardial infarction
  • stroke

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