[To test our hypothesis that hyperglycemia interplays with interferon gamma (IFN gamma), a key factor involved in atherosclerosis, to up-regulate the expression of genes such as matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and cytokines that are involved in plaque destabilization, U937 macrophages cultured in medium containing either normal or high glucose were challenged with IFN gamma and the expression of MMPs and cytokines were then quantified by real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE