Usefulness of Serum Leucine-Rich Alpha-2 Glycoprotein as a Disease Activity Biomarker in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Authors
- Ha, You Jung; Kang, Eun-Jin; Lee, Sang-Won; Lee, Soo-Kon; Park, Yong-Beom; Song, Jung-Soo; Choi, Sang Tae
- Issue Date
- Sep-2014
- Publisher
- KOREAN ACAD MEDICAL SCIENCES
- Keywords
- Leucine-Rich Alpha-2-Glycoprotein; Arthritis, Rheumatoid; Disease Activity; Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
- Citation
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE, v.29, no.9, pp 1199 - 1204
- Pages
- 6
- Journal Title
- JOURNAL OF KOREAN MEDICAL SCIENCE
- Volume
- 29
- Number
- 9
- Start Page
- 1199
- End Page
- 1204
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/11905
- DOI
- 10.3346/jkms.2014.29.9.1199
- ISSN
- 1011-8934
1598-6357
- Abstract
- Our study aimed to investigate whether serum leucine-rich alpha-2-glycoprotein (LRG) levels are elevated in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In addition, we assessed their correlation with disease activity parameters and pro-inflammatory cytokine, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha). Our study included 69 patients with RA and 48 age- and sexmatched healthy controls. Serum concentrations of TNF-alpha and LRG were determined by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Serum LRG concentrations were significantly elevated in patients with RA compared with those in healthy controls (30.8 +/- 14.4 vs. 22.2 +/- 6.1 ng/mL; P < 0.001). In patients with RA, serum LRG levels were found to be correlated with disease activity score 28 (DAS28), erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and C-reactive protein levels (gamma = 0.671; gamma = 0.612; and gamma = 0.601, P < 0.001, respectively), but not with serum TNF-a levels. Serum LRG levels in patients with an active disease status (DAS28 >= 2.6) were significantly higher than those in remission (DAS28 < 2.6) (36.45 +/- 14.36 vs. 24.63 +/- 8.81 ng/mL; P < 0.001). Our findings suggest that serum LRG could contribute to the inflammatory process independent of TNF-alpha and it may be a novel biomarker for assessing inflammatory activity in patients with RA.
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