Increased levels of inflammatory cytokines and endothelin-1 in alveolar macrophages from patients with chronic heart failure.

Increased levels of inflammatory cytokines and endothelin-1 in alveolar macrophages from patients with chronic heart failure.

BACKGROUND: Pathophysiological interactions between heart and lungs in heart failure (HF) are well recognized. We investigated whether expression of different factors known to be increased in the myocardium and/or the circulation in HF is also increased in alveolar macrophages in HF. METHODOLOGY/PRI...

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Main Authors: Liv I Bjoner Sikkeland, Christen P Dahl, Thor Ueland, Arne K Andreassen, Einar Gude, Thor Edvardsen, Torbjørn Holm, Arne Yndestad, Lars Gullestad, Johny Kongerud, Pål Aukrust, Erik Øie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3352929?pdf=render

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