The elevated level of osteopontin in patients with pemphigus vulgaris: A cytokine-like protein with a therapeutic potential.

Yasaman KetabiSoheila NasiriMaedeh KheirodinSoheil Tavakolpour Nikoo Mozafari

Published in: Dermatologic therapy (2019)

The growth observed in OPN levels in pemphigus patients suggests the role of OPN in pemphigus pathogenesis, but there is a need for more extensive studies to show how OPN can be associated with the PV pathogenesis and whether OPN could be used as an important therapeutic target in pemphigus disease.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis