Association between Preoperative Plasma sRAGE Levels and Recovery from Cardiac Surgery

• Main Authors: Benedict C. Creagh-Brown (Author), Gregory J. Quinlan (Author), Lauren R. Hector (Author), Timothy W. Evans (Author), Anne Burke-Gaffney (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is an inflammation-perpetuating receptor, and soluble RAGE (sRAGE) is a marker of cellular RAGE expression. This study investigated whether raised plasma levels prior to surgery of sRAGE or S100A8/A9 (a RAGE ligand) were associated...