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Trial reportMediators of inflammation2016

Relationship between Sustained Reductions in Plasma Lipid and Lipoprotein Concentrations with Apheresis and Plasma Levels and mRNA Expression of PTX3 and Plasma Levels of hsCRP in Patients with HyperLp(a)lipoproteinemia.

Claudia Stefanutti, Fabio Mazza, Michael Steiner, Gerald F Watts, Joel De Nève, Daniela Pasqualetti, Juergen Paal

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Trial report in Mediators of inflammation, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.

Claudia StefanuttiExtracorporeal Therapeutic Techniques Unit, Lipid Clinic and Atherosclerosis Prevention Centre, Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine, Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, "Umberto I" Hospital, Viale del Policlinico, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Fabio MazzaExtracorporeal Therapeutic Techniques Unit, Lipid Clinic and Atherosclerosis Prevention Centre, Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine, Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, "Umberto I" Hospital, Viale del Policlinico, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Michael SteinerMedizinisches Labor Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
Gerald F WattsCardiovascular Medicine, Royal Perth Hospital, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Australia.
Joel De NèveLabOmics S.A., Nivelles, Belgium.
Daniela PasqualettiExtracorporeal Therapeutic Techniques Unit, Lipid Clinic and Atherosclerosis Prevention Centre, Immunohematology and Transfusion Medicine, Department of Molecular Medicine, "Sapienza" University of Rome, "Umberto I" Hospital, Viale del Policlinico, 00161 Rome, Italy.
Juergen PaalFresenius Medical Care Deutschland GmbH, Bad Homburg, Germany.
Policlinico Umberto I · ITFresenius Medical Care (Germany) · DERoyal Perth Hospital · AUSapienza University of Rome · ITUniversitätsmedizin Rostock · DE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The effect of lipoprotein apheresis (Direct Adsorption of Lipids, DALI) (LA) on plasma levels of pentraxin 3 (PTX3), an inflammatory marker that reflects coronary plaque vulnerability, and expression of PTX3 mRNA was evaluated in patients with hyperLp(a)lipoproteinemia and angiographically defined atherosclerosis/coronary artery disease. Eleven patients, aged 55 ± 9.3 years (mean ± SD), were enrolled in the study. PTX3 soluble protein levels in plasma were unchanged by 2 sessions of LA; however, a downregulation of mRNA expression for PTX3 was observed, starting with the first session of LA (p < 0.001). The observed reduction was progressively increased in the interval between the first and second LA sessions to achieve a maximum decrease by the end of the second session. A statistically significantly greater treatment-effect correlation was observed in patients undergoing weekly treatments, compared with those undergoing treatment every 15 days. A progressive reduction in plasma levels of C-reactive protein was also seen from the first session of LA, with a statistically significant linear correlation for treatment-effect in the change in plasma levels of this established inflammatory marker (R(2) = 0.99; p < 0.001). Our findings suggest that LA has anti-inflammatory and endothelium protective effects beyond its well-established efficacy in lowering apoB100-containing lipoproteins.

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Blood Component RemovalAdultAgedC-Reactive ProteinEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayFemaleHumansLipoproteinsMaleMiddle AgedPentraxinsRNA, MessengerSerum Amyloid P-ComponentC-Reactive ProteinLipoproteinsPentraxinsRNA, MessengerSerum Amyloid P-Component

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PMID26903710
PMCPMC4745916
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