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. 2018 Apr 1;2018:3058640. doi: 10.1155/2018/3058640

Table 7.

Effects and mechanisms of IL-37 in cardiovascular disease.

Diseases Model Effect Mechanism Reference
Atherosclerosis ApoE-deficient diabetic mice Attenuate vascular calcification and atherosclerosis ↑OPG
↓ALP ↓BMP-2 ↓TNF-α ↓IL-18
↑IL-10
[81]
Acute myocardial infarction Mice of acute myocardial infarction Improve myocardial infarction mice cardiac function ↓MPO ↓NF-κB signaling [84]

OPG: osteoprotegerin. ↑: upregulate. ↓: downregulate.