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Cytokine Biomarkers, Endothelial Inflammation, and Atherosclerosis in the Metabolic Syndrome: Emerging Concepts
The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 10/19/09

Rizvi AA – Inflammatory biocytokines, such as C–reactive protein, have been speculated to be both markers and mediators of oxidative stress and endovascular toxicity. Adipocytokines originating from fatty tissue have reinforced the concept that fat is a metabolically active organ rather than inert tissue. To fully elucidate its complex pathogenetic mechanisms, further inquiry into the inflammatory components of the metabolic syndrome is warranted. Unraveling the role of emerging proinflammatory markers has the promising potential to shed light into the underlying pathophysiology of the epidemic of obesity and the metabolic syndrome and thus help devise effective therapies.

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