1. Pentraxin 3: A Novel Biomarker for Inflammatory Cardiovascular Disease.
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Kenji Inoue, Tatsuhiko Kodama, and Hiroyuki Daida
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PENTRAXINS , *BIOMARKERS , *CARDIOVASCULAR diseases , *C-reactive protein , *ATHEROSCLEROSIS , *GENE expression , *ENDOTHELIAL cells , *DENDRITIC cells - Abstract
Numerous studies have recently examined the role of pentraxin 3 (PTX3) in clinical situations. The pentraxin family includes Creactive protein (CRP); however, unlike CRP, PTX3 is expressed predominantly in atherosclerotic lesions that involvemacrophages, neutrophils, dendritic cells, or smooth muscle cells. Interestingly, PTX3 gene expression in human endothelial cells is suppressed to a greater extent by pitavastatin than the expression of 6,000 other human genes that have been examined, suggesting that PTX3 may be a novel biomarker for inflammatory cardiovascular disease. The expression and involvement of PTX3 in cardiovascular diseases are discussed in this paper, along with the characteristics of PTX3 that make it a suitable biomarker; namely, that the physiological concentration is known and it is independent of other risk factors. The results discussed in this paper suggest that further investigations into the potential novel use of PTX3 as a biomarker for inflammatory cardiovascular disease should be undertaken. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2012
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