New strategies aredeveloping in the battle against atherosclerosis, and several of them showpromise as our understanding of the function of cytokines in atherogenesis grows.The first objective of this review is to compare the functions of different typesof cytokines in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis, using interleukin (IL)-6 asan example, show in detail the ability of some cytokines to exhibit bothatherogenic and atheroprotective properties. Here, IL6 is linked to atherosclerosis.