Iraqi Postgraduate Medical Journal

Abstract

ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND:
Adipose tissue is increasingly recognized as a key regulator of energy balance, playing an active role in lipid storage and buffering, and synthesizing and secreting a wide range of endocrine products that may be directly involved in the pathogenesis of the complications associated with obesity. Adiponectin is adipocyte derivate hormone that has important effect as anti-inflammatory factor. Inflammation contributes across the spectrum of cardiovascular disease, including the earliest steps in atherogenesis. IL-6 is one of the most important mediators of fever and of the acute phase response. C-reactive protein (CRP) is a protein found in the blood, the levels of which rise in response to inflammation (an acute-phase protein). Myocardial Infarction (MI) or Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), is the interruption of blood supply to part of the heart, causing some heart cells to die.
OBJECTIVE:
To investigate the level of adiponectin and its effect on IL-6 and CRP in patients with Acute Myocardial infarction.
SUBJECTS AND METHODS:
The study included 50 patients with Acute Myocardial infarction and forty healthy subjects as control group. Levels of adiponectin , CRP and IL-6 were measured.
RESULTS:
The levels of adiponectin, IL-6 and CRP were significantly elevated with (p<0.001), there was negative correlation between adiponectin with CRP and IL-6 in acute myocardial infarction patients.
CONCLUSION:
The significant increase in adiponectin in AMI may be related to inflammation. Adiponectin inversely correlated with inflammatory marker (CRP and IL-6) so it has anti-inflammatory properties and that make us consider it as cardiovascular protective factor