Chronic periaortitis (CP) is a rare disease that is characterised by fibro-inflammatory tissue surrounding the abdominal aorta and has both non-aneurysmal (idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis [IRF]) and aneurysmal forms (inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm [IAAA]). We investigated whether toll-like receptor 4 (TLR-4) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) polymorphisms were associated with susceptibility to, and the clinical features of CP.

TLR-4 and VEGF polymorphisms in chronic periaortitis / Atzeni, Fabiola; Boiardi, Luigi; Vaglio, Augusto; Nicoli, Davide; Farnetti, Enrico; Palmisano, Alessandra; Pipitone, Nicolò; Martorana, Davide; Moroni, Gabriella; Longhi, Selena; Bonatti, Francesco; Buzio, Carlo; Salvarani, Carlo. - In: PLOS ONE. - ISSN 1932-6203. - 8:(2013), pp. e62330-e62330. [10.1371/journal.pone.0062330]

TLR-4 and VEGF polymorphisms in chronic periaortitis

SALVARANI, CARLO
2013

Abstract

Chronic periaortitis (CP) is a rare disease that is characterised by fibro-inflammatory tissue surrounding the abdominal aorta and has both non-aneurysmal (idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis [IRF]) and aneurysmal forms (inflammatory abdominal aortic aneurysm [IAAA]). We investigated whether toll-like receptor 4 (TLR-4) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) polymorphisms were associated with susceptibility to, and the clinical features of CP.
2013
8
e62330
e62330
TLR-4 and VEGF polymorphisms in chronic periaortitis / Atzeni, Fabiola; Boiardi, Luigi; Vaglio, Augusto; Nicoli, Davide; Farnetti, Enrico; Palmisano, Alessandra; Pipitone, Nicolò; Martorana, Davide; Moroni, Gabriella; Longhi, Selena; Bonatti, Francesco; Buzio, Carlo; Salvarani, Carlo. - In: PLOS ONE. - ISSN 1932-6203. - 8:(2013), pp. e62330-e62330. [10.1371/journal.pone.0062330]
Atzeni, Fabiola; Boiardi, Luigi; Vaglio, Augusto; Nicoli, Davide; Farnetti, Enrico; Palmisano, Alessandra; Pipitone, Nicolò; Martorana, Davide; Moroni, Gabriella; Longhi, Selena; Bonatti, Francesco; Buzio, Carlo; Salvarani, Carlo
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