title: Plasma levels of soluble receptor for advanced glycation end products and coronary artery disease in nondiabetic men.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) is a cell surface receptor whose signaling pathway has been implicated in atherogenesis. RAGE has an endogenous secretory receptor form, called soluble RAGE (sRAGE), that could exert antiatherogenic effects by acting as a decoy. We sought to determine whether a decreased plasma level of sRAGE could be independently associated with the prevalence of coronary artery disease (CAD) in nondiabetic men.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Plasma levels of sRAGE were determined in 328 nondiabetic male patients with angiographically proved CAD and in 328 age-matched healthy controls. The concentration of sRAGE in plasma was significantly lower (P<0.0001) in CAD cases [median (interquartile range): 966 (658-1372) pg/mL] than in control subjects [1335 (936-1954) pg/mL]. In logistic regression analysis, the multivariate-adjusted odds ratio for the presence of CAD was 6.719 (95% confidence interval, 3.773 to 11.964; P<0.0001) when the lowest quartile of the sRAGE level was compared with the highest quartile.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Our findings indicate that low levels of sRAGE in plasma are independently associated with the presence of CAD in nondiabetic men and suggest that sRAGE is one of the clinically important molecules associated with atherosclerosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital IRCCS San Matteo, Pavia, Italy. c.falcone@smatteo.pv.it
authors.forename: Colomba
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Falcone
authors.forename: Enzo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Emanuele
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: D'Angelo
authors.forename: Maria P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Buzzi
authors.forename: Chiara
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Belvito
authors.forename: Mariaclara
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cuccia
authors.forename: Diego
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Geroldi
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000097:blood; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D006801:Humans; D008055:Lipids / Q000097:blood; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D000067759:Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic / Q000097:blood*; D012307:Risk Factors; D012995:Solubility
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D008055:Lipids; D000067759:Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products; D011971:Receptors, Immunologic