Diagnostic and prognostic significance of serum angiopoietin-1 and -2 concentrations in patients with pulmonary hypertension

Abstract Several biomarkers for detecting pulmonary hypertension (PH) have been reported. However, these biomarkers are deemed insufficient to detect PH in its early stages. We evaluated the utility of serum angiopoietin (ANGP), a glycoprotein related to angiogenesis, as a diagnostic and prognostic...

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Main Authors: Noriyuki Enomoto, Seiichiro Suzuki, Hironao Hozumi, Masato Karayama, Yuzo Suzuki, Kazuki Furuhashi, Tomoyuki Fujisawa, Yutaro Nakamura, Keiichi Odagiri, Takamichi Ishikawa, Kensuke Kataoka, Yasuhiro Kondoh, Masato Maekawa, Naoki Inui, Hiroshi Watanabe, Takafumi Suda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-94907-w