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Correlation Between Level of Interleukin-37 and Rheumatoid Arthritis Progression

BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune inflammatory disease that primarily affects joints. Interleukin-37 (IL-37) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine that is known to suppress immune response and inflammation. The objective of this study is to evaluate the correlation between le...

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Autores principales: Zhu, Jifeng, Xie, Chuanjiang, Qiu, Hongjiu, Shi, Ling
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8144846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34045887
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S309436
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author Zhu, Jifeng
Xie, Chuanjiang
Qiu, Hongjiu
Shi, Ling
author_facet Zhu, Jifeng
Xie, Chuanjiang
Qiu, Hongjiu
Shi, Ling
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description BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune inflammatory disease that primarily affects joints. Interleukin-37 (IL-37) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine that is known to suppress immune response and inflammation. The objective of this study is to evaluate the correlation between level of IL-37 and RA progression using the disease activity score in 28 joints (DAS-28). METHODS: A total of 87 RA patients were separated into 4 groups based on the DAS28, referred to as the remission, mild, moderate and severe groups. 18 healthy volunteers were also included. Serum level of IL-37 and IL-37 mRNA expression level in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in each individual participant as well as IL-37 mRNA expression level in synovial cells were assessed to explore their correlation with RA progression. RESULTS: Serum level of IL-37 and IL-37 mRNA expression levels in both PBMCs and synovial cells were all positively correlated with the severity of RA as reflected by the DAS28. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis revealed area under curve (AUC) values of 1, 0.5262 and 0.7789 for the three parameters. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that serum IL-37 level and mRNA expression levels of IL-37 in PBMCs and synovial cells are correlated with the severity of RA in a Chinese population.
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spelling pubmed-81448462021-05-26 Correlation Between Level of Interleukin-37 and Rheumatoid Arthritis Progression Zhu, Jifeng Xie, Chuanjiang Qiu, Hongjiu Shi, Ling Int J Gen Med Original Research BACKGROUND: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune inflammatory disease that primarily affects joints. Interleukin-37 (IL-37) is an anti-inflammatory cytokine that is known to suppress immune response and inflammation. The objective of this study is to evaluate the correlation between level of IL-37 and RA progression using the disease activity score in 28 joints (DAS-28). METHODS: A total of 87 RA patients were separated into 4 groups based on the DAS28, referred to as the remission, mild, moderate and severe groups. 18 healthy volunteers were also included. Serum level of IL-37 and IL-37 mRNA expression level in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) in each individual participant as well as IL-37 mRNA expression level in synovial cells were assessed to explore their correlation with RA progression. RESULTS: Serum level of IL-37 and IL-37 mRNA expression levels in both PBMCs and synovial cells were all positively correlated with the severity of RA as reflected by the DAS28. Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis revealed area under curve (AUC) values of 1, 0.5262 and 0.7789 for the three parameters. CONCLUSION: Our results suggest that serum IL-37 level and mRNA expression levels of IL-37 in PBMCs and synovial cells are correlated with the severity of RA in a Chinese population. Dove 2021-05-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8144846/ /pubmed/34045887 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S309436 Text en © 2021 Zhu et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited. The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) ). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. For permission for commercial use of this work, please see paragraphs 4.2 and 5 of our Terms (https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php).
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Zhu, Jifeng
Xie, Chuanjiang
Qiu, Hongjiu
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Correlation Between Level of Interleukin-37 and Rheumatoid Arthritis Progression
title Correlation Between Level of Interleukin-37 and Rheumatoid Arthritis Progression
title_full Correlation Between Level of Interleukin-37 and Rheumatoid Arthritis Progression
title_fullStr Correlation Between Level of Interleukin-37 and Rheumatoid Arthritis Progression
title_full_unstemmed Correlation Between Level of Interleukin-37 and Rheumatoid Arthritis Progression
title_short Correlation Between Level of Interleukin-37 and Rheumatoid Arthritis Progression
title_sort correlation between level of interleukin-37 and rheumatoid arthritis progression
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8144846/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34045887
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S309436
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