... specificity of individualinflammatory cytokines, these speculations are limited by the cross-sectional nature of the analysis, and the discrepancymay be the result of random variability. Importantly, ... coro-nary plaques, thereby precipitating acute thrombosis and clinical CV events [13]. Interestingly, atherosclerotic plaque and rheumatoid synovium share an array of inflammatory cells and cytokines ... anincreased burden of subclinical atherosclerosis, including CT-measured CAC [34]. A direct effect of inflammatory cytokineson the vasculature in promoting atherogenesis and destabiliz-ing...