| Pro-atheroscleotic genes | 
        Effect of Ang II | 
      
      
        | monocyte chemotactic protein-1 (MCP-1) | 
        upregulation | 
      
      
        | macrophage-colony stimulating factor (M-CSF) | 
        upregulation | 
      
      
        | endothelial-selectin (E-selectin) | 
        upregulation | 
      
      
        | intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) | 
        upregulation | 
      
      
        | vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) | 
        upregulation | 
      
      
        | inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) | 
        upregulation | 
      
      
        | cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) | 
        upregulation | 
      
      
        | tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) | 
        upregulation | 
      
      
        | interleukin-6 (IL-6) | 
        upregulation | 
      
      
        | interleukin-1β (IL-1β) | 
        upregulation | 
      
      
        | transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1) | 
        upregulation | 
      
      
        | regulated upon Activation, Normal T cell Expressed and Secreted    (RANTES) | 
        upregulation | 
      
      
        | monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) | 
        upregulation | 
      
      
        | C-C chemokine receptor type 1 (CCR1) | 
        upregulation | 
      
      
        | C-C chemokine receptor type 2 (CCR2) | 
        upregulation | 
      
      
        | C-C chemokine receptor type 3 (CCR3) | 
        upregulation | 
      
      
        | granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) | 
        upregulation | 
      
      
        | granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) | 
        upregulation | 
      
      
        | interleukin-12 IL-12 (P40) | 
        upregulation | 
      
      
        | macrophage inflammatory protein 1-α (MIP-1α) | 
        upregulation | 
      
      
        | interferon-γ (IFN-γ) | 
        upregulation | 
      
    
      
        | Anti-atheroscleotic genes | 
        Effect of Ang II | 
      
      
        | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-α (PPAR-α) | 
        downregulation | 
      
      
        | peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPAR-γ) | 
        downregulation |