Abstract | OBJECTIVE: METHODS AND RESULTS: Blood samples from 421 patients (62% men, mean age 57 years) evaluated for CAD by coronary angiography were tested. Serum HSP70 was detectable in 67% of study subjects with levels ranging from 0.2 to 27.1 ng/mL (mean, 1.08; median, 0.5). HSP70 levels were higher in non-CAD patients than CAD patients (median, 0.72 versus 0.34; P=0.0006). Individuals with HSP70 levels above the median (0.5 ng/mL) had half the risk of CAD than individuals with levels below the median (adjusted odds ratio, 0.52; 95% confidence limit, 0.32 to 0.86). The association of high HSP70 levels with low CAD risk was independent of traditional CAD risk factors (P=0.011). Disease severity (number of diseased vessels) was also inversely associated with HSP70 protein levels (P=0.010). The adjusted odds ratio of having multivessel disease for patients with high HSP70 protein levels was 0.54 (95% confidence limit, 0.36 to 0.81). In contrast, no association between anti-HSP70 IgG seropositivity and the prevalence of CAD was found (P=0.916). CONCLUSIONS: These data provide the first evidence that high levels of human HSP70 are associated with the low CAD risk, probably through its multiple protective effects on a cell's response to stress.
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Authors | Jianhui Zhu, Arshed A Quyyumi, Hongsheng Wu, Gyorgy Csako, David Rott, Alexandra Zalles-Ganley, Jibike Ogunmakinwa, Julian Halcox, Stephen E Epstein |
Journal | Arteriosclerosis, thrombosis, and vascular biology
(Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol)
Vol. 23
Issue 6
Pg. 1055-9
(Jun 01 2003)
ISSN: 1524-4636 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 12730089
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Autoantibodies
- Heat-Shock Proteins
- Immunoglobulin G
- C-Reactive Protein
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Topics |
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Antibody Specificity
- Autoantibodies
(blood)
- C-Reactive Protein
(analysis)
- Chest Pain
(diagnostic imaging, etiology)
- Cohort Studies
- Coronary Angiography
- Coronary Disease
(blood, epidemiology)
- Female
- Heat-Shock Proteins
(blood, immunology, physiology)
- Humans
- Immunoglobulin G
(blood)
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Prevalence
- Risk Factors
- Severity of Illness Index
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