Plasma cytokine response during the postprandial period: a potential causal process in vascular disease?
Plasma cytokine response during the postprandial period: a potential causal process in vascular disease?
Chronic inflammation of the vascular endothelium produces endothelial dysfunction and ultimately atherogenesis. Postprandial hyperlipidaemia is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Recent studies show that the magnitude of postprandial lipaemia following a single fatty meal is negatively related to vascular function. This is associated with a transient increase in the concentrations of pro-inflammatory cytokines and soluble adhesion molecules and in pro-oxidant activity. One possible interpretation is that repeated exposure of the blood vessel wall to the activities of pro-inflammatory cytokines and pro-oxidants may damage the vascular endothelium and promote atherogenesis. Based on these results, we propose a model of a causal mechanism to explain how consumption of a fatty meal may impair vascular dysfunction.
vascular dysfunction, cytokines, postprandial, cardiovascular disease
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Burdge, Graham C.
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Calder, Philip C.
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2005
Burdge, Graham C.
09d60a07-8ca1-4351-9bf1-de6ffcfb2159
Calder, Philip C.
1797e54f-378e-4dcb-80a4-3e30018f07a6
Burdge, Graham C. and Calder, Philip C.
(2005)
Plasma cytokine response during the postprandial period: a potential causal process in vascular disease?
British Journal of Nutrition, 93 (1), .
(doi:10.1079/BJN20041282).
Abstract
Chronic inflammation of the vascular endothelium produces endothelial dysfunction and ultimately atherogenesis. Postprandial hyperlipidaemia is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Recent studies show that the magnitude of postprandial lipaemia following a single fatty meal is negatively related to vascular function. This is associated with a transient increase in the concentrations of pro-inflammatory cytokines and soluble adhesion molecules and in pro-oxidant activity. One possible interpretation is that repeated exposure of the blood vessel wall to the activities of pro-inflammatory cytokines and pro-oxidants may damage the vascular endothelium and promote atherogenesis. Based on these results, we propose a model of a causal mechanism to explain how consumption of a fatty meal may impair vascular dysfunction.
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Published date: 2005
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vascular dysfunction, cytokines, postprandial, cardiovascular disease
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/25303
ISSN: 0007-1145
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