AIM: To investigate the plasma levels and prevalence of the most common antiphospholipid antibodies, as well as their relationships with several plasma markers of inflammation, in order to characterize some aspects of cancer thrombophilia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eighty-three cancer patients with non-metastatic colorectal solid tumors and 94 control subjects were tested for the presence of IgG/IgM/IgA anti-cardiolipin and anti-Beta2-glycoprotein I antibodies and of several acute-phase reactants, i.e., fibrinogen, factor VIII:C and C4b-binding protein. RESULTS: In cancer patients the plasma levels of the acute-phase reactants and the IgA/IgG anti-cardiolipin and IgA anti-Beta2- glycoprotein I antibodies were significantly higher; the acute-phase reactants were significantly correlated with anti-cardiolipin antibodies; the prevalence of antiphospholipid antibodies was not significantly higher. CONCLUSIONS: In patients with non-metastatic colorectal cancer the acute-phase response is associated with antiphospholipid generation. This could represent a further pathogenetic mechanism for the short-term post-surgery thrombotic complications of patients with colorectal cancer.

Battistelli, S., Stefanoni, M., Petrioli, R., Genovese, A., Dell'Avanzato, R., Donati, G., et al. (2008). Antiphospholipid antibodies and acute-phase response in non-metastatic colorectal cancer patients. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MARKERS, 23(1), 31-35 [10.5301/JBM.2008.4082].

Antiphospholipid antibodies and acute-phase response in non-metastatic colorectal cancer patients

BATTISTELLI S.;VITTORIA A.;ROVIELLO F.
2008-01-01

Abstract

AIM: To investigate the plasma levels and prevalence of the most common antiphospholipid antibodies, as well as their relationships with several plasma markers of inflammation, in order to characterize some aspects of cancer thrombophilia. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Eighty-three cancer patients with non-metastatic colorectal solid tumors and 94 control subjects were tested for the presence of IgG/IgM/IgA anti-cardiolipin and anti-Beta2-glycoprotein I antibodies and of several acute-phase reactants, i.e., fibrinogen, factor VIII:C and C4b-binding protein. RESULTS: In cancer patients the plasma levels of the acute-phase reactants and the IgA/IgG anti-cardiolipin and IgA anti-Beta2- glycoprotein I antibodies were significantly higher; the acute-phase reactants were significantly correlated with anti-cardiolipin antibodies; the prevalence of antiphospholipid antibodies was not significantly higher. CONCLUSIONS: In patients with non-metastatic colorectal cancer the acute-phase response is associated with antiphospholipid generation. This could represent a further pathogenetic mechanism for the short-term post-surgery thrombotic complications of patients with colorectal cancer.
2008
Battistelli, S., Stefanoni, M., Petrioli, R., Genovese, A., Dell'Avanzato, R., Donati, G., et al. (2008). Antiphospholipid antibodies and acute-phase response in non-metastatic colorectal cancer patients. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MARKERS, 23(1), 31-35 [10.5301/JBM.2008.4082].
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