Figure 3

Temporal trends on serum inflammatory potential. Cross-sectional samples were obtained from 16d to several years after initial cardiac events (A-C). The time post-event had minimal effect on IL8 mRNA expression, but factors in the serum that drove ICAM-1 and VCAM-1 expression may have been higher acutely following the event. Longitudinal serum samples obtained approximately every 3 months from a limited cohort of CAD subjects were assessed for inflammatory potential independently from healthy subjects (D-F).