Soluble Urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor: A Risk Factor for Carotid Plaque, Stroke, and Coronary Artery Disease.

Summary, in English

Recent studies indicate that the urokinase system could have an important role in atherogenesis and plaque rupture. The relationships among the soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR), carotid plaque, and incidence of ischemic stroke and coronary artery disease (CAD) events were studied in a prospective cohort.

• Author: Margaretha Persson; Gerd Östling; Gustav Smith; Viktor Hamrefors; Olle Melander; Bo Hedblad; Gunnar Engström
• Department/s: Internal Medicine - Epidemiology; Cardiovascular Research - Immunity and Atherosclerosis; Cardiology; Cardiovascular Research - Hypertension; Cardiovascular Research - Epidemiology; EXODIAB: Excellence of Diabetes Research in Sweden; EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
• Publishing year: 2014
• Language: English
• Pages: 18-23
• Publication/Series: Stroke: a journal of cerebral circulation
• Volume: 45
• Issue: 1
• Links: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24253546?dopt=Abstract; http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.113.003305
• Document type: Journal article
• Publisher: American Heart Association
• Topic: Neurology
• Status: Published
• Research group: Internal Medicine - Epidemiology; Cardiovascular Research - Immunity and Atherosclerosis; Cardiovascular Research - Hypertension; Cardiovascular Research - Epidemiology
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1524-4628