Grassia, Gianluca (2006) Role of Interleukin-18 in vascular injury: a new pharmacological target for the prevention of restenosis. [Tesi di dottorato] (Unpublished)
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| Item Type: | Tesi di dottorato | ||||
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| Resource language: | English | ||||
| Title: | Role of Interleukin-18 in vascular injury: a new pharmacological target for the prevention of restenosis | ||||
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| Date: | 2006 | ||||
| Date type: | Publication | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 80 | ||||
| Institution: | Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II | ||||
| Department: | Chimica farmaceutica e tossicologica | ||||
| Dottorato: | Scienza del farmaco | ||||
| Ciclo di dottorato: | 18 | ||||
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| Date: | 2006 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 80 | ||||
| Keywords: | Balloon angioplasty, Carotid arteries, Interleukin-18 | ||||
| Settori scientifico-disciplinari del MIUR: | Area 05 - Scienze biologiche > BIO/04 - Fisiologia vegetale Area 05 - Scienze biologiche > BIO/14 - Farmacologia Area 05 - Scienze biologiche > BIO/10 - Biochimica Area 03 - Scienze chimiche > CHIM/10 - Chimica degli alimenti Area 03 - Scienze chimiche > CHIM/08 - Chimica farmaceutica Area 03 - Scienze chimiche > CHIM/06 - Chimica organica Area 03 - Scienze chimiche > CHIM/09 - Farmaceutico tecnologico applicativo Area 05 - Scienze biologiche > BIO/15 - Biologia farmaceutica |
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| Date Deposited: | 31 Jul 2008 | ||||
| Last Modified: | 30 Apr 2014 19:23 | ||||
| URI: | http://www.fedoa.unina.it/id/eprint/712 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.6092/UNINA/FEDOA/712 |
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Background: Studies in humans as well as in animal models suggest that interleukin-18 (IL-18) plays a crucial role in vascular pathologies. IL-18 is a strong predictor of cardiovascular death in angina and is involved in atherotic plaque destabilization. Higher IL-18 plasma levels are also associated with restenosis after coronary artery angioplasty performed in patients with acute myocardial infarction. We investigated the effective role of IL-18 in neointima formation in a rat model of vascular injury, known as balloon angioplasty. Methods and Results: Endothelial denudation of the left carotid artery was performed by using a balloon embolectomy catheter. Increased expression of IL-18 and IL-18Rα/β mRNA was detectable in carotid arteries from day 2 to 14 after angioplasty. The active form of IL-18 was highly expressed in injured arteries. Strong immunoreactivity for IL-18 was detected in the medial smooth muscle cells at day 2 and 7 after balloon injury and in proliferating/migrating smooth muscle cells in neointima at day 14. Moreover, serum concentrations of IL-18 were significantly higher among rats subjected to vascular injury. Rats treatment with neutralizing rabbit anti-rat IL-18 IgG significantly reduced by 27% (P<0.01) neointima formation. In addition, IL-18 neutralization reduced number of proliferating cells, inhibited IFN-γ, IL-6, IL-8 mRNA expression and nuclear factor-κB activation in injured arteries. Conclusions: These results identify for the first time a critical role for IL-18 in neointima formation in a rat model of vascular injury and suggest a potential role for IL-18 neutralization in reduction of neointima development and progression.
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