IL-9 aggravates the development of atherosclerosis in ApoE-/- mice

Conclusion
Our results demonstrated that IL-9 exerted pro-atherosclerotic effects in ApoE–/– mice at least partially by inducing VCAM-1 expression, which mediated inflammatory cell infiltration into atherosclerotic lesions.

Source: Cardiovascular Research - May 14, 2015 Category: Cardiology Authors: Zhang, W., Tang, T., Nie, D., Wen, S., Jia, C., Zhu, Z., Xia, N., Nie, S., Zhou, S., Jiao, J., Dong, W., Lv, B., Xu, T., Sun, B., Lu, Y., Li, Y., Cheng, L., Liao, Y., Cheng, X. Tags: Vascular biology Source Type: research