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ArticleChronic diseases and translational medicine2020

Plasma RANTES level is correlated with cardio-cerebral atherosclerosis burden in patients with ischemic cerebrovascular disease.

Qi Kong, Xin Ma, Jun-Xuan Lyu, Chen Wang, Xiang-Ying Du, Yun-Qian Guan

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Article in Chronic diseases and translational medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Qi KongDepartment of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China.
Xin MaDepartment of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China.
Jun-Xuan LyuDepartment of Neurology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China.
Chen WangDepartment of Radiology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China.
Xiang-Ying DuDepartment of Radiology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China.
Yun-Qian GuanDepartment of Cell Biology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China.
Capital Medical University · CNNational Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases · CNXuan Wu Hospital of the Capital Medical University · CN

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Abstract

backgroundRegulated upon activation, normal T-cell expressed, and secreted (RANTES) is a chemokine actively involved in the initiation and progression of atherosclerosis (AS), which is the major cause of ischemic cerebrovascular disease (ICVD). This study aimed to determine the associations between circulating RANTES level and overall AS conditions of cardiac and cerebral vessel beds in patients with ICVD.

methodsPatients with ICVD admitted to the department of neurology of Xuanwu Hospital from April 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019 were prospectively enrolled in the study. Plasma RANTES level was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to represent the circulating RANTES level. The integrated AS burden of the cervicocephalic and coronary arteries was examined using computed tomography angiography and reflected by "cardio-cerebral AS burden (CCAB)" as a continuous variable. Then, the relationship of plasma RANTES level and CCAB in patients with ICVD was analyzed by correlation analyses and general linear models.

resultsA total of 40 patients with ICVD were included in the study. There was a significant positive correlation between CCAB and plasma RANTES level in ICVD (

conclusionsPlasma RANTES level was an independent indicator for the integrated AS burden of the cervicocephalic and coronary arteries in ICVD. Comprehensive evaluation of AS conditions using the novel continuous index CCAB might be important in revealing the systematic relationship between circulating RANTES and AS in patients with ICVD.

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Cardiocerebral atherosclerosis burdenCervicocephalic arteryCoronary arteryIschemic cerebrovascular diseasePlasma RANTES

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