Scavenger receptor-A is a biomarker and effector of rheumatoid arthritis: A large-scale multicenter study.
Nat Commun
; 11(1): 1911, 2020 04 20.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-32312978
Early diagnosis is critical to improve outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but current diagnostic tools have limited sensitivity. Here we report a large-scale multicenter study involving training and validation cohorts of 3,262 participants. We show that serum levels of soluble scavenger receptor-A (sSR-A) are increased in patients with RA and correlate positively with clinical and immunological features of the disease. This discriminatory capacity of sSR-A is clinically valuable and complements the diagnosis for early stage and seronegative RA. sSR-A also has 15.97% prevalence in undifferentiated arthritis patients. Furthermore, administration of SR-A accelerates the onset of experimental arthritis in mice, whereas inhibition of SR-A ameliorates the disease pathogenesis. Together, these data identify sSR-A as a potential biomarker in diagnosis of RA, and targeting SR-A might be a therapeutic strategy.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Arthritis, Rheumatoid
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Biomarkers
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Scavenger Receptors, Class A
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Limits:
Animals
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Nat Commun
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA
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CIENCIA
Year:
2020
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
China
Country of publication:
United kingdom