Serum and urine TNF-like weak inducer of apoptosis, monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin as biomarkers of disease activity in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.
Safak MiriogluS CinarH YaziciY OzlukI KilicaslanA GulL OcalM InancBahar Artim EsenPublished in: Lupus (2020)
sTWEAK, uTWEAK, sNGAL and uNGAL are biomarkers showing disease activity in SLE. However, our results implicate that these biomarkers may not be specific for SLE, and can be elevated in patients with active renal involvement of AAV.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- ankylosing spondylitis
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- oxidative stress
- dendritic cells
- cell death
- endothelial cells
- cell cycle arrest
- peripheral blood
- cell proliferation
- amino acid
- binding protein
- gene therapy
- signaling pathway