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From: Red blood cell distribution width is associated with increased interactions of blood cells with vascular wall

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High RDW value is associated with increased expression of inflammation-related genes in human atherosclerotic plaques from carotid artery. (A) heat map from gene expression array. Microarray was performed on six patients with the low RDW (P1–P6) and six with high RDW level (P7–P12). First ten genes were positively correlated with RDW value, whereas next ten genes were negatively correlate with RDW; increased expression of (B) VCAM-1, (C) ANGPTL1, (D) PLAT, in samples form patients with normal and high RDW. Arrows indicate immunopositive cells. Graphs were created in Excel (Microsoft Office 2016, Microsoft, Albuquerque, NM, USA).

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