Association of serum levels of fibrosis-related biomarkers with disease activity in patients with IgG4-related disease.
Shin-Ya KawashiriTomoki OriguchiMasataka UmedaAyako NishinoToshimasa ShimizuShoichi FukuiTomohiro KogaNaoki IwamotoKunihiro IchinoseMami TamaiHideki NakamuraTakahiro MaedaMitsuhiro KawanoMotohisa YamamotoYasumori IzumiAtsushi KawakamiPublished in: Arthritis research & therapy (2018)
We observed increased serological surrogate outcome measures of fibrosis in IgG4-RD. GDF-15 may precisely reflect the fibrotic degree in patients with IgG4-RD.