In particular, ESR and PTX3 did not correlate with the levels of CgA439, CgA-FRs, VS-1, CgA439/CgAtot, CgA-FRs/CgAtot and VS-1/CgAtot in TA patients, even after stratification for PPI therapy (Table 3). This evidence concerns the gene PTX3 and Takayasu arteritis.