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Selective up-regulation of the soluble pattern-recognition receptor pentraxin 3 and of vascular endothelial growth factor in giant cell arteritis: Relevance for recent optic nerve ischemia

✍ Scribed by Mattia Baldini; Norma Maugeri; Giuseppe A. Ramirez; Chiara Giacomassi; Alessandra Castiglioni; Sergio Prieto-González; Marc Corbera-Bellalta; Gabriele Di Comite; Ilenia Papa; Giacomo Dell'Antonio; Enrico Ammirati; Ivan Cuccovillo; Viviana Vecchio; Alberto Mantovani; Patrizia Rovere-Querini; Maria Grazia Sabbadini; Maria C. Cid; Angelo A. Manfredi


Book ID
112002777
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2012
Tongue
English
Weight
33 KB
Volume
64
Category
Article
ISSN
0004-3591

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## Abstract ## Objective To assess local expression and plasma levels of pentraxin 3 (PTX3) in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA). ## Methods Plasma and serum samples were obtained from 75 patients with GCA (20 of whom had experienced optic nerve ischemia in the previous 3 weeks and 24 of