Pilot investigation of circulating angiogenic and inflammatory biomarkers associated with vascular malformations.

Sarah E Wetzel-StrongShantel WeinsheimerJeffrey NelsonLudmila PawlikowskaDewi ClarkMark D StarrYingmiao LiuHelen KimMarie E FaughnanAndrew B NixonDouglas A Marchuk

Published in: Orphanet journal of rare diseases (2021)

This pilot study suggests that the profile of circulating angiogenic and inflammatory biomarkers may be unique to each type of vascular malformation. Furthermore, this study indicates that circulating biomarkers may be useful for assessing phenotypic traits of vascular malformations.

Keyphrases

oxidative stress
randomized controlled trial
genome wide
clinical trial
study protocol
gene expression
dna methylation