Plasma pentraxin 3 is associated with progression of radiographic joint damage, but not carotid atherosclerosis, in female rheumatoid arthritis patients: 3-year prospective study

Yu Funakubo Asanuma,Yoshimi Aizaki,Hisashi Noma,Kazuhiro Yokota,Mayumi Matsuda,Noritsune Kozu,Yoshitake Takebayashi,Hiroshi Nakatani,Tomoko Hasunuma,Shinichi Kawai,Toshihide Mimura

Plasma pentraxin 3 is associated with progression of radiographic joint damage, but not carotid atherosclerosis, in female rheumatoid arthritis patients: 3-year prospective study

2019

Yu Funakubo Asanuma
Yoshimi Aizaki
Hisashi Noma
Kazuhiro Yokota
Mayumi Matsuda
Noritsune Kozu
Yoshitake Takebayashi
Hiroshi Nakatani
Tomoko Hasunuma
Shinichi Kawai
Toshihide Mimura

AbstractBackground. Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) has an important role in inflammation, immunity, and atherosclerosis. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease featuring both joint damage ...

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Diabetes mellitus
Physical therapy
Pentraxin-3
PTX3
Rheumatoid arthritis
Gastroenterology
Prospective cohort study
Internal medicine
Medicine
Immunity
Inflammation
Radiography

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