A 59-year-old woman with history of morbid obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes mellitus presents to the emergency depart- ment with complaints of substernal chest pain lasting two hours. An ECG reveals ST eleva- tions in the lateral leads. The troponin level at admission is extremely elevated, and a cre- atine kinase-myocardial bound test is pend- ing. Which of the following is a key cell me- diator in the pathogenesis of an atherosclerotic plaque?

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A 59-year-old woman with history of morbid obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes mellitus presents to the emergency depart- ment with complaints of substernal chest pain lasting two hours. An ECG reveals ST eleva- tions in the lateral leads. The troponin level at admission is extremely elevated, and a cre- atine kinase-myocardial bound test is pend- ing. Which of the following is a key cell me- diator in the pathogenesis of an atherosclerotic plaque?

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A 59-year-old woman with history of morbid obesity, hypercholesterolemia, and diabetes mellitus presents to the emergency depart- ment with complaints of substernal chest pain lasting two hours. An ECG reveals ST eleva- tions in the lateral leads. The troponin level at admission is extremely elevated, and a cre- atine kinase-myocardial bound test is pend- ing. Which of the following is a key cell me- diator in the pathogenesis of an atherosclerotic plaque?

(A) γ-Interferon
(B) Complement
(C) Interleukin-6
(D) Natural killer cells
(E) Platelet-derived growth factor

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