Angelo Zinellu, Stefano Zoroddu, Simona Fois, Sabrina Mellino, Chiara Scala, Erika Virdis, Elisabetta Zinellu, Salvatore Sotgia, Panagiotis Paliogiannis, Arduino A Mangoni, Ciriaco Carru, Pietro Pirina, Alessandro G Fois
There are increasing efforts to better predict adverse outcomes for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Our aim was to assess the prognostic potential of ischemia-modified albumin (IMA), an established circulating marker of ischemia and, more recently, oxidative stress, in a cohort of 56 IPF patients recruited between 2015 and 2023 at the University of Sassari, Italy. Demographic and functional parameters and serum IMA concentrations were measured at baseline. Non-survivors had significantly higher IMA concentrations vs...
February 25, 2024: Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland)