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Editorial
. 2016 Nov 11;119(11):1154-1156.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.310005.

Glycosylation Signatures of Inflammation Identify Cardiovascular Risk: Some Glyc It Hot

Patrick R Lawler  1 , Samia Mora  2
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Editorial

Glycosylation Signatures of Inflammation Identify Cardiovascular Risk: Some Glyc It Hot

Patrick R Lawler et al. Circ Res. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; anti-inflammatory agents; atherosclerosis; inflammation; metabolomics; psoriasis.

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Proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is used to measure the methyl protons of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) residues on the N-linked glycan chains of circulating glycoproteins, most prominently secreted inflammatory and immunologic proteins. (Modified from Otvos et al. Clinical Chemistry 2015 and Lawler et al. Circulation Research 2016, with permission).
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  • GlycA Is a Novel Biomarker of Inflammation and Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in Psoriasis.
    Joshi AA, Lerman JB, Aberra TM, Afshar M, Teague HL, Rodante JA, Krishnamoorthy P, Ng Q, Aridi TZ, Salahuddin T, Natarajan B, Lockshin BN, Ahlman MA, Chen MY, Rader DJ, Reilly MP, Remaley AT, Bluemke DA, Playford MP, Gelfand JM, Mehta NN. Joshi AA, et al. Circ Res. 2016 Nov 11;119(11):1242-1253. doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.309637. Epub 2016 Sep 21. Circ Res. 2016. PMID: 27654120 Free PMC article.

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