Systemic pentraxin-3 levels reflect vascular enhancement and progression in Takayasu arteritis
Article 2014 en
Authors
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Enrico Tombetti
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Maria Chiara Di Chio
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Silvia Sartorelli
Abstract
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Arterial inflammation and progression of vascular involvement influence plasma PTX3 levels in TA, while levels of CRP accurately reflect the burden of systemic inflammation. These results support the contention that PTX3 reflects different aspects of inflammation than CRP and might represent a biomarker of actual arteritis in TA.
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