Trial reportScientific reports2018
Osteoprotegerin and Myocardial Fibrosis in Patients with Aortic Stenosis.
Trial report in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Integrated biomarker landscape for the early detection and management of calcific aortic valve disease.European journal of clinical investigation · 2026Review
- Ventricular Mechanics and Serum Biomarkers as Predictors of Aortic Valve Replacement in Severe Aortic Stenosis.Vascular health and risk management · 2026Article
- A variant form of receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB functions as an osteoprotegerin mimic in bone and cardiac development.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Mosaic loss of Y chromosome and mortality after coronary angiography.European heart journal · 2025Article
- Osteoprotegerin is induced by transforming growth factor-beta 1 and regulates pro-fibrotic responses in human dermal fibroblasts.Biochemical and biophysical research communications · 2025Article
- Roles of osteoclasts in pathological conditions.Pathology international · 2025Review
- TNF superfamily control of tissue remodeling and fibrosis.Frontiers in immunology · 2023Review
- Cardiac Adipose Tissue Contributes to Cardiac Repair: a Review.Stem cell reviews and reports · 2021Review
- Histopathological study of JNK in venous wall of patients with chronic venous insufficiency related to osteogenesis process.International journal of medical sciences · 2021Observational
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Abstract
Left ventricular myocardial fibrosis in patients with aortic stenosis (AS) confers worse prognosis. Plasma osteoprotegerin (OPG), a cytokine from the TNF receptor family, correlates with the degree of valve calcification in AS, reflecting the activity of the tissue RANKL/RANK/OPG (receptor activator of nuclear factor κΒ ligand/RANK/osteoprotegerin) axis, and is associated with poorer outcomes in AS. Its association with myocardial fibrosis is unknown. We hypothesised that OPG levels would reflect the extent of myocardial fibrosis in AS. We included 110 consecutive patients with AS who had undergone late-gadolinium contrast enhanced cardiovascular magnetic resonance (LGE-CMR). Patients were characterised according to pattern of fibrosis (no fibrosis, midwall fibrosis, or chronic myocardial infarction fibrosis). Serum OPG was measured with ELISA and compared between groups defined by valve stenosis severity. Some 36 patients had no fibrosis, 38 had midwall fibrosis, and 36 had chronic infarction. Patients with midwall fibrosis did not have higher levels of OPG compared to those without fibrosis (6.78 vs. 5.25 pmol/L, p = 0.12). There was no difference between those with midwall or chronic myocardial infarction fibrosis (6.78 vs. 6.97 pmol/L, p = 0.27). However, OPG levels in patients with chronic myocardial infarction fibrosis were significantly higher than those without fibrosis (p = 0.005).
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