Research Progresses on Relationship between Atherosclerosis and Inflammatory Reaction.

Inflammatory reaction is a key factor on the atherosclerotic course,the mark factors in the inflammatory course are very important for evaluating the stability of AS plaques and prognosis of diseases related to AS.Biological active factors released in the inflammatory reaction not only indicate the AS plaque stability,but play a significant role in AS development.Therefore understanding the interactive mechanisms of inflammatory cells and intervening it, are an important direction for preventing and treating AS.