CRP and suPAR are differently related to anthropometry and subclinical organ damage

S Lyngbæk, T Sehestedt, JL Marott, TW Hansen… - International journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
Background Low-grade inflammation is a marker for cardiovascular disease (CVD). The
inflammatory biomarkers C-reactive protein (CRP) and soluble urokinase plasminogen …

Relationship of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein to prognosis and other prognostic markers in outpatients with heart failure

JD Windram, PH Loh, AS Rigby, I Hanning… - American heart …, 2007 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: Inflammatory markers are increased in chronic heart failure (CHF),
including high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP), but there is little information on its …

Lipids, atherosclerosis and CVD risk: is CRP an innocent bystander?

BG Nordestgaard, J Zacho - Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular …, 2009 - Elsevier
AIM: To evaluate recent human studies with respect to the interpretation of whether elevated
plasma levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) cause cardiovascular disease (CVD), or whether …

C-reactive protein and all-cause mortality in a large hospital-based cohort

C Marsik, L Kazemi-Shirazi, T Schickbauer… - Clinical …, 2008 - academic.oup.com
Background: C-reactive protein (CRP), an acute-phase protein, is a sensitive systemic
marker of inflammation and acute-phase reactions. Testing CRP concentrations at hospital …

The effect of compulsory schooling on health—evidence from biomarkers

H Jürges, E Kruk, S Reinhold - Journal of population economics, 2013 - Springer
Using data from the Health Survey for England and the English Longitudinal Study on
Ageing, we estimate causal effects of schooling on health. Our study complements earlier …

[HTML][HTML] Pattern recognition proteins: first line of defense against coronaviruses

CA Labarrere, GS Kassab - Frontiers in Immunology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The rapid outbreak of COVID-19 caused by the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 in Wuhan,
China, has become a worldwide pandemic affecting almost 204 million people and causing …

The rationale for comparative studies of accelerated atherosclerosis in rheumatic diseases

A Yuri Gasparyan… - Current vascular …, 2010 - ingentaconnect.com
The inflammatory pathogenesis of atherosclerosis is now well-established, owing to in vitro
and in vivo studies and the application of high sensitivity assays for C-reactive protein (CRP) …

[HTML][HTML] Mendelian randomization: genetic variants as instruments for strengthening causal inference in observational studies

GD Smith, S Ebrahim - Biosocial surveys, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The incorporation of biomarkers into population-based health surveys is generally intended
to improve categorization of exposures or health outcome measures (National Research …

Long pentraxin 3: a marker of inflammation in untreated psoriatic patients

V Bevelacqua, M Libra… - International …, 2006 - spandidos-publications.com
Psoriasis is a common cutaneous disorder characterized by abnormal epidermal
differentiation, proliferation and inflammation mediated by dermal infiltrates, such as T cells …

[HTML][HTML] The interleukin-1 receptor type-1 in disturbed flow-induced endothelial mesenchymal activation

E Kidder, M Pea, S Cheng, SP Koppada… - Frontiers in …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Atherosclerosis is a progressive disease that develops in areas of disturbed
flow (d-flow). Progressive atherosclerosis is characterized by bulky plaques rich in …