Downregulation of the Proinflammatory State of Circulating Mononuclear Cells by Short-Term Treatment with Pioglitazone in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Coronary Artery Disease

Downregulation of the Proinflammatory State of Circulating Mononuclear Cells by Short-Term Treatment with Pioglitazone in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Coronary Artery Disease

Background. This study was performed to investigate the influence of a short-term treatment with pioglitazone versus placebo on inflammatory activation of mononuclear cells (mRNA expression/protein secretion of inflammatory markers). Methods and Results. Sixty-three patients with well-controlled typ...

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Main Authors: Andreas Pfützner, Alexander Weise, Elisabeth Pfützner-Riehn, Georg Lübben, Michael Morcos, Efstrathios Karagiannis, Matthias Weber, Thomas Forst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:PPAR Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/647017
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