Association of Serum Biomarkers With Pulmonary Involvement of Rheumatoid Arthritis Interstitial Lung Disease: From KORAIL Cohort Baseline Data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The increase in mortality in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) is well known However, there are few studies on serum markers that can evaluate acute exacerbation or prognosis in RA-ILD patients The purpose of this study was to identify the association between biomarkers and lung lesions in patients with RA-ILD.

Methods

We analyzed 153 patients with serum samples in a prospective, multicenter cohort of Korean RA-ILD patients The serum levels of biomarkers, matrix metalloproteinase (MMP-7), surfactant protein-D (SP-D), and Krebs von den Lungen-6 (KL-6) were measured and correlated with forced vital capacity (FVC), diffusing capacity for carbon monoxide (DLCO) and the results of computed tomography (CT) CT results were interpreted

SUBMITTER: Moon J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10324911 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature