title: Relevance of genetic polymorphisms in inflammatory response to percutaneous coronary intervention.
abstract: It has recently been reported that inflammatory markers, such as C-reactive protein (CRP) and interleukin-6 (IL-6), increase in plasma as a response to the stimulus of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). The magnitude of this inflammatory response is associated with the risk of restenosis. There is a large inter-individual variation in the inflammatory response to PCI. One factor shown to be of importance is stent implantation but the reasons for the variation are to a large extent unknown. One possible reason could be genetic variation in the regulation of CRP and IL-6 levels. One functional single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) located at position -286 in the promoter region of the CRP gene associated with plasma CRP levels has recently been described. Another SNP located at -174 in the promoter region of the IL-6 gene has been associated with plasma IL-6 concentration. The hypothesis behind the present study was that the SNPs CRP -286 and IL-6 -174 were associated with the inflammatory response to PCI, including stent implantation. The results did not show any association with plasma levels of CRP and IL-6 measured as area-under-curve up to 72 hours after PCI indicating that genetic variation is unlikely to play a major role for the inflammatory response to PCI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Atherosclerosis Research Unit, King Gustaf V Research Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. nawzad.saleh@karolinska.se
authors.forename: Nawzad
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saleh
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kovacs
authors.forename: Per
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tornvall
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000009:adverse effects*; D019540:Area Under Curve; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D005838:Genotype; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation / Q000209:etiology* / Q000235:genetics*; D015850:Interleukin-6 / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic
chemical_list: D015850:Interleukin-6; D002097:C-Reactive Protein