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ArticleJournal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research2022

Serum levels of IL-37 and correlation with inflammatory cytokines and clinical outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease.

Ali Rafiei, Reza Ahmadi, Shakiba Kazemian, Tina Rahimzadeh-Fallah, Mina Mohammad-Rezaei, Fatemeh Azadegan-Dehkordi, Samira Sanami, Yousef Mirzaei, Farzad Aghaei, Nader Bagheri

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Article in Journal of investigative medicine : the official publication of the American Federation for Clinical Research, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Ali RafieiStudent Research Committee, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
Reza AhmadiClinical Biochemistry Research Center, Basic Health Sciences Institute, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
Shakiba KazemianCellular and Molecular Research Center, Basic Health Sciences Institute, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
Tina Rahimzadeh-FallahDepartment of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
Mina Mohammad-RezaeiDepartment of Immunology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Fatemeh Azadegan-DehkordiCellular and Molecular Research Center, Basic Health Sciences Institute, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
Samira SanamiClinical Biochemistry Research Center, Basic Health Sciences Institute, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
Yousef MirzaeiDepartment of Biogeosciences, Scientific Research Center, Soran University, Soran, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
Farzad AghaeiMedical Plants Research Center, Basic Health Sciences Institute, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran.
Nader BagheriDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Iran n.bagheri1985@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-5196-5513
Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IRSoran University · IQ

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronary artery disease (CAD) due to atherosclerosis is one of the important reasons for death worldwide. Recent evidence has suggested the essential role of inflammation in the progression of atherosclerosis. Interleukin (IL)-37 is a critical anti-inflammatory member of the IL-1 family which regulates the inflammatory processes. The aim of this study was to compare the serum levels of IL-37 in patients with CAD compared with the control group and its correlation with oxidative stress, cholesterol homeostasis, and inflammation in patients with CAD. A total of 42 patients with CAD and 42 sex-matched and age- matched controls who underwent coronary angiography were included in this study. The serum levels of IL-37 were evaluated via ELISA. Serum levels of biochemical risk factors were determined by enzymatic methods. Serum levels of IL-37 in the CAD group subjects were significantly lower than in the control group and IL-37 was significantly increased in men with CAD than in women with CAD. IL-37 significantly had an inverse correlation with IL-6, tumor necrosis factor-α, IL-32, high-sensitivity C reactive protein, oxidized low-density lipoprotein, and malondialdehyde. Also, IL-37 had a significantly positive correlation with ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) assay. In addition, IL-37 has positively correlated with

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AtherosclerosisCoronary Artery DiseaseCholesterolCytokinesFemaleHumansInflammationInterleukin-1Leukocytes, MononuclearMaleCholesterolCytokinesIL37 protein, humanInterleukin-1coronary artery diseasecytokinesinflammationinterleukinstumor necrosis factor-alpha

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PMID35636779
PMCPMC9726976
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