New Role For Immune System Pathway In Post-heart Attack Inflammation

Monday, March 16, 2009 - 10:42 in Health & Medicine

A study has found an unexpected new link between inflammation in heart muscle following a heart attack and a previously known enzyme called calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II or CaM kinase II. The findings also reveal the involvement of an immune system gene -- complement factor B -- that has been implicated in other inflammatory diseases.

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