CCL2 and Hypertension: Experimental models of hypertension have shown that infiltration of inflammatorycells (macrophages) in the vascular walls is strongly related to increasedBP10 and cardiovascularalterations.11,12 A clinical study has suggestedthat MCP-1 levels may vary according to the degree of hypertension,8 indicating a stage-dependentbiomarker of the disease.