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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: COX-2 expression in monocytes in patients with AMI (0. 92 + / - 0. 13) was significantly higher than that in the control subjects (0. 19 + / - 0. 08), and decreased by 66 % after atorvastatin (compared with that on routine therapy, P < 0. 05) ; IL-6 secretions of monocytes in the AMI group (204. 8 + / - 45. 6 ng/L) increased dramatically compared with those in the control group (40. 9 + / - 1. 2 ng/L, P < 0. 05), and reduced dramatically by 58 % when incubated with 10 micromol/L celecoxib (P < 0. 05) in a concentration-dependent manner ; plasma levels of CRP in the AMI group (43. 3 + / - 14. 9 mg/L) significantly increased compared with those in the control group (1. 7 + / - 0. 8 mg/L), and reduced by 62 % after atorvastatin (compared with those in the routine therapy group, P < 0. 05).