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Serum Angiopoietin-2: A Sensitive Inflammatory Marker in Psoriasis Patients

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Biochemistry

Abstract

Psoriasis is an immune-mediated inflammatory skin disease associated with comorbidities. Angiogenesis plays a pivotal role in psoriasis pathogenesis which contributes to the initial events that trigger an autoimmune inflammatory response. Angiopoietins 1 and 2 are glycoproteins. Their binding to the tyrosine kinase receptor is essential to angiogenesis. Dysregulation of angiopoietins together with angiopoietin-2 overexpression induce vascular destabilization and regression. This study aimed to explore the relationship between systemic angiopoietin-2 and psoriasis severity. A total of 45 psoriasis vulgaris patients and 45 matched healthy controls were enrolled in the study. The severity of disease was evaluated by Psoriasis Area and Severity Index. Angiopoietin-2 serum level was measured using enzyme linked-immunosorbent assay. The relation between serum level of angiopoietin-2 and psoriasis severity was assessed. Angiopoietin-2 serum level was significantly more elevated in patients than controls (p < 0.001). Angiopoietin-2 serum level was indicatively direct correlated with disease severity (r = 0.7, p < 0.001) with 100% sensitivity and 90.9% specificity in identifying mild and moderate to severe psoriasis patients. Serum angiopoietin-2 directly correlates with psoriasis severity. Angiopoietin-2 is nominated to be a potential sensitive biomarker for the ongoing inflammatory process to monitor the clinical and therapeutic outcomes in psoriasis patients.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2021.73608.3636

Keywords

Angiogenesis, Angiopoietin-2, inflammatory biomarker, Psoriasis

Authors

First Name

Noha

Last Name

Hammad

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M

Affiliation

Medical Microbiology &amp;amp; Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

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nmhammad@medicine.zu.edu.eg

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Zagazig

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0000-0002-9400-7822

First Name

Tawhed

Last Name

Ismail

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-

Affiliation

Dermatology, Venerology and Andrology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

Email

tawheedismaeal@zu.edu.eg

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-

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First Name

Mahamed

Last Name

Teama

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-

Affiliation

Dermatology, Venerology and Andrology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

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mohamedteama@zu.edu.eg

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-

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First Name

Hagar

Last Name

Bessar

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-

Affiliation

Dermatology, Venerology and Andrology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt

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dr_hagarawadbessar@yahoo.com

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-

Orcid

0000-0002-2960-8445

Volume

64

Article Issue

11

Related Issue

27064

Issue Date

2021-11-01

Receive Date

2021-04-23

Publish Date

2021-11-01

Page Start

6,195

Page End

6,201

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_175719.html

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Original Article

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297

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Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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22 Jan 2023