Research progress of correlation between high mobility group box 1 and cardiovascular diseases / 心血管康复医学杂志

High mobility group box 1 (HMGB1) protein is released by apoptotic cells and monocytes／macrophages.It plays an important role in mediating inflammation development and promoting tissue repairment and regeneration via combining with corresponding receptors .In recent years ,some researches indicated that HMGB1 possessed im-portant diagnostic and prognostic assessment value for coronary heart disease ,heart failure and myocardial injury etc .The present article summarized research progress of HMGB1 in cardiovascular diseases in recent years .