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Red blood cell distribution width (RDW) as a risk factor of atherosclerosis

2014/15/B/NZ5/03566

Keywords:

anisocytosis atherosclerosis vascular remodeling risk factor

Descriptors:

  • NZ5_1: Etiology of human diseases
  • NZ5_3: Pathogenesis of human diseases

Panel:

NZ5 - Human and animal noninfectious diseases: etiology, mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of diseases, poisonings and injuries (without neurological diseases)

Host institution :

Warszawski Uniwersytet Medyczny, Wydział Lekarski

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Zbigniew Gaciong 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 5

Call: OPUS 8 - announced on 2014-09-15

Amount awarded: 952 200 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2015-07-24

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2020-07-23

Project duration:: 60 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project settled

Equipment purchased [PL]

  1. Parafiniarka (80 000 PLN)
  2. Parownik na izofluran.
  3. System uzdatniania wody.
  4. System PCR.
  5. mikrotom (20 000 PLN)
  6. mikrowirówka (5 000 PLN)
  7. mikropipety (10 000 PLN)

Information in the final report

  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  1. Red-cell distribution width is associated with higher risk of vascular complications after carotid thromboendartherectomy
    Authors:
    Krzysztof Bojakowski, Piotr Andziak, Piotr Religa, Zbigniew Gaciong
    Academic press:
    Polski Merkuriusz Lekarski (rok: 2019, tom: 47, strony: 167-169), Wydawca: Medpress
    Status:
    Published
  2. Vascular related pathologies in cardiovascular disease and cancer
    Authors:
    Sharan Ananthaseshan, Piotr Religa
    Academic press:
    Health Problems of Civilization (rok: 2018, tom: 12, strony: 163-187), Wydawca: Termedia
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.5114/hpc.2018.76553 - link to the publication
  3. Red blood cell distribution width is associated with increased interactions of blood cells with vascular wall.
    Authors:
    Sharan Ananthaseshan, Krzysztof Bojakowski, Mariusz Sacharczuk, Piotr Poznanski, Dominik S Skiba, Lisa Prahl Wittberg, Jordan McKenzie, Anna Szkulmowska, Niclas Berg, Piotr Andziak, Hanna Menkens, Maciej Wojtkowski, Dorota Religa, Fredrik Lundell, Tomasz Guzik, Zbigniew Gaciong, Piotr Religa .
    Academic press:
    Scientific Reports (rok: 2022, tom: 12(1), strony: 13676), Wydawca: Springer Nature Group
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41598-022-17847-z. - link to the publication