High-Dose Treatment With Telmisartan Induces Monocytic Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Target Genes in Patients With the Metabolic Syndrome
High-Dose Treatment With Telmisartan Induces Monocytic Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Target Genes in Patients With the Metabolic Syndrome
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DOI:
10.1161/hypertensionaha.111.173542
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发表时间:
2011-10-01
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影响因子:
8.3
通讯作者:
Kintscher, Ulrich
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作者:
Baehr, Ilse-Nirmala;Tretter, Patrizia;Kintscher, Ulrich
The present study aimed to explore the anti-inflammatory effects and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma (PPAR gamma)-activating properties of the angiotensin type 1 receptor blocker telmisartan by analysis of serum interleukin 6 levels and monocytic PPAR gamma target gene expression in drug-naive patients with the metabolic syndrome. This was a 14-week, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled 2-center study with telmisartan 80 mg/d and telmisartan 160 mg/d in 54 patients with the metabolic syndrome. In addition to clinical laboratory measurements, peripheral monocytes were extracted by negative isolation using a Dynal Monocyte kit to evaluate ligand-activated PPAR gamma target gene expression (CD36 and CD163) at baseline and study end using quantitative real-time RT-PCR. In this low-risk patient population, telmisartan (80 and 160 mg) treatment did not significantly affect serum interleukin 6 levels. Expression of the PPAR gamma target gene CD36 in monocytes was markedly induced by telmisartan from baseline to study end (telmisartan 80 mg: 2.3 +/- 1.5-fold change versus placebo [P value not significant]; telmisartan 160 mg: 3.5 +/- 0.9-fold change versus placebo [P