Increased Circulating Pentraxin 3 Levels in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Meta-analysis.
Curr Pharm Des
; 28(27): 2260-2269, 2022.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Pentraxin 3 (PTX3), a soluble pattern recognition molecule, not only acts as a promising indicator reflecting the disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients but exerts essential pathogenic roles in the progression of RA and serves as a potential therapeutic target for RA patients. Our study intends to systematically evaluate the circulating PTX3 levels and their potential influencing factors in RA patients.METHODS:
Articles regarding the circulating PTX3 levels of RA patients were identified in Pubmed, Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and Cochrane databases. Standardized mean difference (SMD) and corresponding 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated and further illustrated by the forest plot. Egger's regression test and sensitivity analysis were conducted to assess the publication bias and stability of the results, respectively.RESULTS:
Twenty articles with 21 individual studies were recruited in our meta-analysis. The overall results revealed that compared to healthy controls, RA patients had significantly higher circulating PTX3 levels (pooled SMD = 0.97, 95% CI 0.48 to 1.45). Subgroup analyses further demonstrated that compared to healthy controls, RA patients of age ≤ 50 years, 2.6 < disease activity score in 28 joints (DAS28) ≤ 3.2, 3.2 < DAS28 ≤ 5.1, DAS28 > 5.1, C-reactive protein (CRP) levels > 10 mg/L, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) > 20 mm/h, and disease duration > 5 years had significantly higher circulating PTX3 levels, respectively; whereas RA patients of age > 50 years, DAS28 ≤ 2.6, CRP levels ≤ 10 mg/L, ESR ≤ 20 mm/h and disease duration ≤ 5 years had no significantly altered circulating PTX3 levels, respectively. Additionally, no matter whether the patients were of Caucasian ethnicity or not, circulating PTX3 levels were significantly increased in RA patients.CONCLUSION:
Compared to healthy controls, circulating PTX3 levels are significantly increased in RA patients, which are influenced by age, disease activity, CRP levels, ESR, and disease duration.Palavras-chave
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