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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2023

The FCGR2A Is Associated with the Presence of Atherosclerotic Plaques in the Carotid Arteries-A Case-Control Study.

Anna Szpakowicz, Aleksandra Szum-Jakubowska, Anna Lisowska, Marlena Dubatówka, Andrzej Raczkowski, Marcin Czajkowski, Łukasz Szczerbiński, Małgorzata Chlabicz, Adam Krętowski, Karol Adam Kamiński

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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7 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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10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anna SzpakowiczDepartment of Cardiology, Medical University of Bialystok, M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 24A, 15-276 Białystok, Poland.
Aleksandra Szum-JakubowskaDepartment of Population Medicine and Lifestyle Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Bialystok, Waszyngtona 13a, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland.
Anna LisowskaDepartment of Cardiology, Medical University of Bialystok, M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 24A, 15-276 Białystok, Poland.
Marlena DubatówkaDepartment of Population Medicine and Lifestyle Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Bialystok, Waszyngtona 13a, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-5977-0745
Andrzej RaczkowskiDepartment of Population Medicine and Lifestyle Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Bialystok, Waszyngtona 13a, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-7410-2136
Marcin CzajkowskiDepartment of Informatics, Bialystok University of Technology, Wiejska 45A, 15-351 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-3967-1819
Łukasz SzczerbińskiClinical Research Centre, Medical University of Bialystok, M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 24A, 15-276 Białystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-6201-0605
Małgorzata ChlabiczDepartment of Population Medicine and Lifestyle Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Bialystok, Waszyngtona 13a, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-5113-5672
Adam KrętowskiClinical Research Centre, Medical University of Bialystok, M. Skłodowskiej-Curie 24A, 15-276 Białystok, Poland.
Karol Adam KamińskiDepartment of Population Medicine and Lifestyle Diseases Prevention, Medical University of Bialystok, Waszyngtona 13a, 15-269 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0002-9465-2581
Medical University of Białystok · PLBialystok University of Technology · PL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundAtherosclerotic plaques in carotid arteries (APCA) are a prevalent condition with severe potential complications. Studies continuously search for innovative biomarkers for APCA, including those participating in cellular metabolic processes, cell adhesion, immune response, and complement activation. This study aimed to assess the relationship between APCA presence and a broad range of cardiometabolic biomarkers in the general population.

methodsThe study group consisted of consecutive participants of the population study Bialystok PLUS. The proximity extension assay (PEA) technique from the Olink Laboratory (Uppsala, Sweden) was used to measure the levels of 92 cardiometabolic biomarkers.

resultsThe study comprised 693 participants (mean age 48.78 ± 15.27 years, 43.4% males, N = 301). APCA was identified in 46.2% of the participants (N = 320). Of the 92 biomarkers that were investigated, 54 were found to be significantly linked to the diagnosis of APCA. After adjusting for the traditional risk factors for atherosclerosis in multivariate analysis, the only biomarker that remained significantly associated with APCA was FCGR2A.

conclusionIn the general population, the prevalence of APCA is very high. A range of biomarkers are linked with APCA. Nonetheless, the majority of these associations are explained by traditional risk factors for atherosclerosis. The only biomarker that was independently associated with APCA was the FCGR2A.

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atherosclerotic plaques in carotid arteriescardiometaboliccarotid atherosclerosisFCGR2Ars1801274

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PMID37892617
PMCPMC10607679
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