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Serum Biomarkers of Bone and Immune Function for Diagnosis of Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Last updated: 22 Jan 2023

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Biochemistry

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by chronic inflammation of the synovial membrane that leads to the destruction of the joints. Measurements of cytokines have been carried out in many previous works with no decisive result. In the present study, three bone biomarkers (osteopontin, vascular-endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF), and Stromelysin-1 (MMP3)), and three inflammatory biomarkers (colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), interferon-γ, and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFα)) are assayed and examined in RA by using artificial neural-network analysis and regression analysis. The study enrolled 112 patients with RA and 58 healthy controls. The biomarkers were measured by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) technique. The neural-network analysis showed that the top 3 sensitive predictors for RA are MMP3, TNFα, and osteopontin, followed by VEGF, GM-CSF, and interferon-γ. A significant part of the variance in the disease activity scale (DAS28), rheumatoid factor (RF), C-reactive protein (CRP), and anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA)) could be explained by interferon-γ, GM-CSF, osteopontin, and MMP3, respectively. The neural network and logistic regression findings showed that RA could predict MMP3, TNFα, and osteopontin with a good area under the curve of 0.938. In conclusion, the neural network analysis showed that MMP3, TNFα, and osteopontin are diagnostic biomarkers for RA disease and correlated with many disease-related characteristics.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2021.95710.4492

Keywords

Rheumatoid Arthritis, Inflammation, inflammatory biomarkers, stromelysin-1, and Osteopontin

Authors

First Name

Khalid

Last Name

Al-Rawi

MiddleName

F.

Affiliation

Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Anbar , Iraq

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sc.kfwi72@uoanbar.edu.iq

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First Name

Hameed

Last Name

Ali

MiddleName

Hussein

Affiliation

Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University Of Anbar, Iraq.

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sc.dr.hameedh.ali@uoanbar.edu.iq

City

Anbar

Orcid

0000-0002-9735-1530

First Name

Mohammed

Last Name

Mohammed

MiddleName

Abbood

Affiliation

General Directorate of Anbar Education Ministry of Education, Iraq.

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mohammed_19822@yahoo.com

City

Al-Anbar

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First Name

Hussein

Last Name

Al-Hakeim

MiddleName

Kadhem

Affiliation

Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Kufa, Iraq.

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headm2010@yahoo.com

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Orcid

0000-0001-6143-5196

First Name

Shakir

Last Name

Alaaraji

MiddleName

F.

Affiliation

Department of Chemistry, College of Education for Pure Science, University Of Anbar, Iraq

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esp.shaker.faris@uoanbar.edu.iq

City

Anbar

Orcid

0000-0001-5282-9441

Volume

65

Article Issue

6

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31791

Issue Date

2022-06-01

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2021-09-12

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2022-06-01

Page Start

121

Page End

132

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0449-2285

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2357-0245

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297

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Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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22 Jan 2023