Correlation of serum acute amyloid A level and activity of Behcet’s disease#br#

  • ZHOU Zhen-yuan ,
  • LIN Yan-wei ,
  • SHEN Nan ,
  • LU Yu
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  • Department of Rheumatology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200127, China

Online published: 2017-08-25

Supported by

National Natural Science Foundation of China, 30972744

Abstract

 Objective · To investigate correlation of serum acute amyloid A (A-SAA) level and activity of Behcet's disease (BD).  Methods · Blood samples from patients with active BD (n=40), remission BD (n=15), Takayasu disease (TA, n=12), rheumatoid arthritis (RA, n=25), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE, n=25) and healthy donor (HD, n=25) were collected. Serum A-SAA, ESR, and CRP levels were detected and compared among groups. The correlation between A-SAA and its downstream IL-8 or International Society for Behcet's disease (ISBD) disease activity scores was analyzed as well.  Results · Serum A-SAA level was significantly increased in the patients with active BD [(115.70±87.78) mg/L], as well as patients with RA and TA, which levels were (68.72±61.50) mg/L and (96.25±87.41) mg/L respectively, but remained unchanged in SLE patients. Moreover, serum A-SAA level was found correlated with ISBD score as well as IL-8 level.  Conclusion · A-SAA can work as a detection index for evaluating BD activity.

Cite this article

ZHOU Zhen-yuan , LIN Yan-wei , SHEN Nan , LU Yu . Correlation of serum acute amyloid A level and activity of Behcet’s disease#br#[J]. Journal of Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Medical Science), 2017 , 37(7) : 955 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1674-8115.2017.07.012?

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