title: Plasma concentrations of adhesion molecules and chemokines in patients with essential hypertension.
abstract: Arterial hypertension vascular injury results in serious complications, such as left-ventricular hypertrophy and myocardial failure, ischemic heart disease and cerebral stroke. Currently, it is well known that inflammatory factors play a significant role in the mechanisms that trigger and enhance the remodeling of the vascular wall. A number of data suggest an important role of adhesion molecules and chemokines in this processes. The aim of this study was measuring the plasma levels of soluble Intercellular Adhesion Molecule 1 (sICAM-1) and Monocyte Chemoattractant Peptide1 (MCP-1) in patients with essential hypertension vs. healthy volunteers by ELISA method (R&D kits). sICAM-1 and MCP-1 levels were significantly higher in hypertensive patients compared to controls (sICAM-1: 279.2 +/- 8.8 ng/ml vs. 224.4 +/- 1.8 ng/ml; p < 0.001; MCP-1: 142.2 +/- 7 pg/ml vs. 95.4 +/- 36 pg/ml; p < 0.0001. Our results indicate that arterial hypertension alone (without inflammation, lipid and carbohydrate disorders) may increase the expression of these cytokines and contribute to the progression of endothelial injury.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Silesian University School of Medicine, Medyków 18, PL 40-752 Katowice, Poland. andrzejmadej@o2.pl
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Madej
authors.forename: Bogusław
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Okopień
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kowalski
authors.forename: Maciej
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haberka
authors.forename: Zbigniew S
authors.initials: ZS
authors.lastname: Herman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D018932:Chemokine CCL2 / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000097:blood*; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000097:blood*; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: C111835:CCL2 protein, human; D018932:Chemokine CCL2; D008055:Lipids; D018799:Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1