The multidirectional proatherogenic effects of inteleukin-1b, Il-6, TNF-α, and the fact that monocytes are the main type of inflammatory cells that infiltrate atherosclerotic plaques at an early stage of development indicate that this complex plays a different role in the stages of plaque development, atherosclerosis and its clinical consequences [30,31,32,33]. Here, IL6 is linked to atherosclerosis.