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ArticleHaematologica2011

Inflammation and thrombosis in essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera: different role of C-reactive protein and pentraxin 3.

Tiziano Barbui, Alessandra Carobbio, Guido Finazzi, Alessandro M Vannucchi, Giovanni Barosi, Elisabetta Antonioli, Paola Guglielmelli, Alessandro Pancrazzi, Silvia Salmoiraghi, Pio Zilio and 7 more

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Article in Haematologica, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 106 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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106citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
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106 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 190 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 7 institutions in 1 country.

Tiziano BarbuiHematology Department, Ospedali Riuniti, Largo Barozzi 1, 24128 Bergamo, Italy. tbarbui@ospedaliriuniti.bergamo.it
Alessandra Carobbio
Guido Finazzi
Alessandro M Vannucchi
Giovanni Barosi
Elisabetta Antonioli
Paola Guglielmelli
Alessandro Pancrazzi
Silvia Salmoiraghi
Pio Zilio
Cosimo Ottomano
Roberto Marchioli
Ivan Cuccovillo
Barbara Bottazzi
Alberto Mantovani
Alessandro Rambaldi
AGIMM and IIC Investigators
University of Bergamo · ITUniversity of Florence · ITIRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital · ITAzienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedali Riuniti · ITIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITMario Negri Sud Foundation · ITUniversity of Milan · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We tested the hypothesis that levels of pentraxin high sensitivity C-reactive protein and pentraxin 3 might be correlated with cardiovascular complications in patients with essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera. High sensitivity C-reactive protein and pentraxin 3 were measured in 244 consecutive essential thrombocythemia and polycythemia vera patients in whom, after a median follow up of 5.3 years (range 0-24), 68 cardiovascular events were diagnosed. The highest C-reactive protein tertile was compared with the lowest (>3 vs. <1 mg/L) and correlated with age (P=0.001), phenotype (polycythemia vera vs. essential thrombocythemia, P=0.006), cardiovascular risk factors (P=0.012) and JAK2V617F allele burden greater than 50% (P=0.003). Major thrombosis rate was higher in the highest C-reactive protein tertile (P=0.01) and lower at the highest pentraxin 3 levels (P=0.045). These associations remained significant in multivariate analyses and indicate that blood levels of high sensitivity C-reactive protein and petraxin 3 independently and in opposite ways modulate the intrinsic risk of cardiovascular events in patients with myeloproliferative disorders.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overC-Reactive ProteinEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHumansInflammationJanus Kinase 2MaleMiddle AgedMutationPentraxinsPolycythemia VeraPrognosisC-Reactive ProteinJAK2 protein, humanJanus Kinase 2PentraxinsSerum Amyloid P-Component

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PMID21173097
PMCPMC3031701
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