Dahal Udip, Sharma Dikshya, Dahal Kumud
Department of Medicine, University of Utah, 50 N Medical Drive, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.
Department of Internal Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY, USA.
J Clin Med Res. 2017 Jul;9(7):547-554. doi: 10.14740/jocmr3032w. Epub 2017 May 22.
Association of infection with atherosclerosis is by no means new. Several sero-epidemiological and pathologic studies as well as animal models have shown a link between infection and atherosclerosis. Exciting discoveries in recent times related to role of inter-individual genetic variation in modulating inflammatory response to infection have reignited the enthusiasm in proving a causal link between infection and atherosclerosis. The purpose of this article was to review and analyze the available evidence linking infection with atherosclerosis.
感染与动脉粥样硬化之间的关联绝非新鲜事。多项血清流行病学和病理学研究以及动物模型均已表明感染与动脉粥样硬化之间存在联系。近期有关个体间基因变异在调节对感染的炎症反应中所起作用的激动人心的发现,再度燃起了人们证明感染与动脉粥样硬化之间存在因果关系的热情。本文旨在综述和分析将感染与动脉粥样硬化联系起来的现有证据。