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- Title
Plasma fibronectin- and thrombospondin-adhesive molecules during acute attacks and attack-free periods of familial Mediterranean fever.
- Authors
Ertenli, Ihsan; Kiraz, Sedat; Öztürk, M. Akif; Haznedaroglu, Ibrahim C.; Çelik, Ismail; Kirazli, Serafettin; Çalgüeri, Meral
- Abstract
We assessed plasma concentrations of fibronectin (FN) and thrombospondin (TSP) during acute attacks and attack-free periods of patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). Seven female and three male FMF patients (mean age 34±7 years) were enrolled in the study. Plasma samples were obtained during acute FMF attacks and after 3 months of freedom from attacks. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein, and white blood cell count were evaluated concurrently. Plasma levels of FN and TSP were assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Both FN and TSP concentrations were found to increase during acute attacks. Levels of adhesive molecules decreased during attack-free periods (P<0.05). Significant correlations were found between FN and TSP levels and the concentrations of acute-phase response indicators (P<0.05). This study disclosed for the first time significantly higher increments in the plasma levels of FN and TSP during acute FMF attacks than in attack-free periods. Therefore, the two matrix glycoproteins may play precipitating and/or regulatory roles in the inflammatory processes of these attacks.
- Subjects
FIBRONECTINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; THROMBOSPONDINS; FAMILIAL Mediterranean fever; PERIODIC diseases; ENZYME-linked immunosorbent assay; C-reactive protein
- Publication
Rheumatology International, 2001, Vol 20, Issue 6, p217
- ISSN
0172-8172
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s002960100107