Soluble IL-2 receptor: a biomarker for assessing myositis activity.
Anne TournadreJean-Jacques DubostMartin SoubrierMarc RuivardPierre SouteyrandJeannot SchmidtPierre ClavelouArlette TridonJean-Michel RistoriPublished in: Disease markers (2014)
Serum sIL-2R level could be useful to distinguish disease exacerbation from damage in IM, especially in patients with persistent elevated CK levels when a clinical muscular worsening is noted. For discrimination of the disease activity, CK testing requires the use of a different threshold than the upper limit of the normal.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- protein kinase
- ankylosing spondylitis
- chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- interstitial lung disease
- oxidative stress
- resistance training
- systemic sclerosis
- intensive care unit
- myasthenia gravis
- respiratory failure