2003
DOI: 10.1007/bf03033713
|View full text |Cite
|
Sign up to set email alerts
|

Early atherosclerosis and Chlamydia pneumoniae infection in the coronary arteries

Help me understand this report

Search citation statements

Order By: Relevance

Paper Sections

Select...
3
1

Citation Types

2
2
0

Year Published

2004
2004
2020
2020

Publication Types

Select...
3
1

Relationship

0
4

Authors

Journals

citations
Cited by 4 publications
(4 citation statements)
references
References 14 publications
2
2
0
Order By: Relevance
“…The present study showed that the medial layer became thicker with intimal layer thickening in coronary arteries with only a mild increase in intimal area, in agreement with a previous histological study using human coronary arteries with early atherosclerosis (7). Medial hypertrophy in early atherosclerosis is attributable to hypertrophy or proliferation of medial smooth muscle cells and increased amount of extracellular matrix that were induced by growth factors and/or cytokines (3).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…The present study showed that the medial layer became thicker with intimal layer thickening in coronary arteries with only a mild increase in intimal area, in agreement with a previous histological study using human coronary arteries with early atherosclerosis (7). Medial hypertrophy in early atherosclerosis is attributable to hypertrophy or proliferation of medial smooth muscle cells and increased amount of extracellular matrix that were induced by growth factors and/or cytokines (3).…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 92%
“…As for the association between C. pneumoniae and the extent of coronary atherosclerosis, several studies have demonstrated a significant association between C. pneumoniae and the severity of coronary atherosclerosis, while others have failed to demonstrate such an association (10,(20)(21). Additionally, our study established a statistically significant correlation between advanced atherosclerotic coronary arteries and the presence of C. pneumoniae DNA.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 68%
“…Clinical results have demonstrated that there is detectable C. pneumoniae in hypertropic human coronaries using immunohistochemistry, which may affect the lesion progression [16]. The seropositivity of C. pneumoniae was associated with a higher plasma level of ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 [11].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%