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ArticleInternational wound journal2018

Serum level of endostatin and digital ulcers in systemic sclerosis patients.

Antonietta Gigante, Domenico Margiotta, Luca Navarini, Biagio Barbano, Maria L Gasperini, Claudia D'Agostino, Antonio Amoroso, Antonella Afeltra, Edoardo Rosato

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Article in International wound journal, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Antonietta GiganteDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Domenico MargiottaUnit of Allergology, Immunology, Rheumatology, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy.
Luca NavariniUnit of Allergology, Immunology, Rheumatology, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy.
Biagio BarbanoDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Maria L GasperiniDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Claudia D'AgostinoDepartment of Public Health and Infectious Diseases, Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
Antonio AmorosoDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Antonella AfeltraUnit of Allergology, Immunology, Rheumatology, Campus Bio-Medico University, Rome, Italy.
Edoardo RosatoDepartment of Clinical Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
Sapienza University of Rome · ITUniversità Campus Bio-Medico · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) are at a high risk of the development of ischaemic digital ulcers (DUs) that can be complicated with infections, gangrene, and osteomyelitis. The aim of this study is to evaluate the role of endostatin in scleroderma DUs.In total, 90 SSc patients were enrolled in this study. Serum endostatin levels and DU assessment were determined in all SSc patients. The serum levels of endostatin significantly increased with progression of capillaroscopic damage (P < .01). The serum levels of endostatin are significantly (P < .05) higher in SSc patients with new DUs than in SSc patients without new DUs (127 ± 31.1 ng/mL vs 116.3 ± 39.7 ng/mL). The Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curves demonstrated good accuracy of new DU prediction for the serum level of endostatin (0.70, P < .01 [95% confidence interval (CI) 0.59-0.81]). Using a cut-off value of 116 ng/mL, the odds ratio was 2.609 (CI 1.075-6.330, P < .05). The serum levels of endostatin are significantly (P < .01) higher in SSc patients with infected DUs than in SSc patients without infected DUs (139.2 [114.6-340.91] ng/mL vs 117.5 [64.3-163.9] ng/mL). Serum levels of endostatin are higher in patients with DUs, especially in those with infected DUs.

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FingersAdultAgedEndostatinsFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsROC CurveScleroderma, SystemicSkin UlcerEndostatinsangiogenesisdigital ulcersendostatinsystemic sclerosisvasculopathy

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PMID29600562
PMCPMC7950077
OpenAlexW2794577851

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