Detectable interleukin-9 plasma levels are associated with impaired cardiopulmonary functional capacity and all-cause mortality in patients with chronic heart failure

Affiliations

• ¹ IRCCS S.D.N., Via Gianturco 113, 80143 Naples, Italy.
• ² Department of Cardiac Surgery, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
• ³ Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
• ⁴ Sezione Biochimica Clinica e Medicina Molecolare Clinica, Dipartimento di Biopatologia e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy.
• ⁵ Sezione di Patologia Generale, Dipartimento di Biopatologia e Biotecnologie Mediche, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Italy.
• ⁶ Department of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital "Scuola Medica Salernitana", Salerno, Italy.
• ⁷ Department of Emergency and Cardiology, "S. Antonio" Community Hospital, San Daniele del Friuli (UD), Italy.
• ⁸ Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, University of Bari, Italy.
• ⁹ Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, Section of Cardiology, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
• ¹⁰ Department of Neurological Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.
• ¹¹ Department of Experimental Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy.
• ¹² Department of Translational Medical Sciences, Federico II University, Naples, Italy; Interdisciplinary Research Centre in Biomedical Materials (CRIB), University of Naples, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: antonio.cittadini@unina.it.