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 Kawakami

Published 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.

Keyphrases

disease activity
systemic lupus erythematosus
rheumatoid arthritis
rheumatoid arthritis patients
ankylosing spondylitis
juvenile idiopathic arthritis
systemic sclerosis
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
liver fibrosis