Atherosclerosis: perspectives of anti-inflammatory therapy
- 作者: Nasonov E1,2, Popkova T1
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- V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology
- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
- 期: 卷 90, 编号 5 (2018)
- 页面: 4-12
- 栏目: Editorial
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0040-3660/article/view/32725
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.26442/terarkh20189054-12
- ID: 32725
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According to modern ideas, chronic low-grade inflammation, which development is associated with uncontrolled activation of both innate and adaptive immunity, plays a fundamental role in all stages of the atherosclerotic process. The contribution of inflammation to the development of atherosclerotic vascular lesions attracts attention to the similarity of the mechanisms of immunopathogenesis of atherosclerosis and classic inflammatory rheumatic disease - rheumatoid arthritis. In the aspect of participation in the pathogenesis of atherosclerotic vascular lesions and as a promising therapeutic "target" of particular interest is interleukin-1β (IL-1β), which plays an important role in the development of many acute and chronic immunosuppressive diseases. The mechanisms of atherosclerosis associated with IL-1β determine the ability of cholesterol crystals and other "Pro-atherogenic" factors to induce the synthesis of IL-1β by activating NLRP3 inflammasome. The mechanisms of atherosclerosis associated with IL-1β determine the ability of cholesterol crystals and other "proatherogenic" factors to induce the synthesis of IL-1β by activating NLRP3 inflammasome. Convincing evidence for the role of inflammation in development of atherosclerosis in General and good prospects of anti-inflammatory therapy in particular obtained in a randomized placebo-controlled study called CANTOS (Canakinumab Anti-inflammatory Thrombosis Otcomes Study), which studied the effectiveness of treatment with monoclonal antibodies to IL-1β canakinumab (Novartis International AG) in patients with severe atherosclerotic vascular lesions as a new approach to secondary prevention of cardiovascular complications. The results of CАNTOS research, as well as the experience gained in rheumatology in regard to cardiovascular effects of innovative anti-inflammatory drugs, have great importance for the improvement of secondary prevention of atherosclerosis-related cardiovascular complications.
作者简介
E Nasonov
V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology; I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University
Email: nasonov@irramn.ru
научный руководитель ФГБНУ «Научно-исследовательский институт им. В.А. Насоновой» Moscow, Russia
T Popkova
V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatologyд.м.н., руководитель лаб. системных ревматических заболеваний с группой гемореологических нарушений, ФГБНУ «Научно-исследовательский институт ревматологии им. В.А. Насоновой» Moscow, Russia
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