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Oksay SC, Dursun H, Neijmann ST, Hatipoglu S. Using urinary neutrophile gelatinase-associated lipocalin for prognosticate renal dysfunction in children with familial Mediterranean fever the study design: a pilot study. Adv Rheumatol 2021; 61:20. [PMID: 33795029 DOI: 10.1186/s42358-021-00178-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The most important finding that affects the prognosis in Familial Mediterranean Fever is renal amyloidosis. The aim of the present study was to analyze neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin levels in the urine, and to investigate whether it may be used as an early marker for renal involvement. METHODS Forty attack-free children followed by diagnosis of Familial Mediterranean Fever with age range of 5 and 18 years, and 38 healthy children with similar ages and genders were enrolled into the study. Hemogram, sedimentation, C-reactive protein, urine analysis, creatinine in the spot urine, microalbumin and urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin levels were analyzed and evaluated statistically in the patients and controls. RESULTS There was not any statistically significant difference between the patient and control groups for age, gender, height and body weight. Although there was not any clinical sign of attack in the patient group, sedimentation, C-reactive protein and fibrinogen levels were significantly higher than the control group (p = 0.002, p = 0.023, and p = 0.006, respectively). Similarly, urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin level and urinary creatinine ratio were significantly higher in the patient group (p = 0.0001, p = 0.011, respectively). We found a positive correlation between uNGAL level and uNGAL/uCr ratio and number of attacks per year in FMF patients (r = 0.743, p = 0.001 and r = 0.516, p = 0.001; respectively). CONCLUSIONS Detection of significantly higher levels of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin level and urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin level to creatinine ratio were suggested as urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin level as a non-invasive marker for renal involvement better than microalbumin.
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- Sinem Can Oksay
- Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital Department of Pediatrics, Health Science University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Health Science University, Istanbul, Turkey. .,Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Health Science University, Kaptan Paşa Mahallesi, Darülaceze Cad. No: 25 Okmeydani, 34384, Şişli/Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital Department of Biochemistry, Health Science University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Dr. Sadi Konuk Training and Research Hospital Department of Pediatrics, Health Science University, Istanbul, Turkey
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Gohar F, Orak B, Kallinich T, Jeske M, Lieber M, von Bernuth H, Giese A, Weissbarth-Riedel E, Haas JP, Dressler F, Holzinger D, Lohse P, Neudorf U, Lainka E, Hinze C, Masjosthusmann K, Kessel C, Weinhage T, Foell D, Wittkowski H. Correlation of Secretory Activity of Neutrophils With Genotype in Patients With Familial Mediterranean Fever. Arthritis Rheumatol 2017; 68:3010-3022. [PMID: 27333294 DOI: 10.1002/art.39784] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2015] [Accepted: 06/02/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disorder caused by pyrin-encoding MEFV mutations. Patients present with recurrent but self-limiting episodes of acute inflammation and often have persistent subclinical inflammation. The pathophysiology is only partially understood, but neutrophil overactivation is a hallmark of the disease. S100A12 is a neutrophil-derived proinflammatory danger signal that is strongly elevated in active FMF. This study was undertaken to characterize the secretory activity of neutrophils in vitro and investigate the association of S100A12 with disease activity and genotype in patients with FMF. METHODS Neutrophils from FMF patients carrying the p.M694V mutation (1 compound heterozygous and 5 homozygous) and neutrophils from 4 healthy control subjects were purified and stimulated in vitro. Neutrophil secretion of S100A12, interleukin-18 (IL-18), IL-1β, and caspase 1 was determined. Based on these in vitro analyses, serum concentrations of S100A12, IL-18, and IL-1β were also analyzed in 128 clinically and genetically characterized patients with FMF. RESULTS In vitro, unstimulated neutrophils from p.M694V-positive patients spontaneously secreted more S100A12, IL-18, and caspase 1 compared to neutrophils from healthy controls. Serum concentrations of S100A12 correlated with disease activity and genotype, with the levels being highest in homozygous patients and with compound heterozygotes displaying higher levels than heterozygotes. Compared to individuals negative for the p.M694V mutation, heterozygous, compound heterozygous, or homozygous p.M694V-positive patients had higher serum levels of S100A12 and IL-18 during inactive and subclinical disease. CONCLUSION The FMF phenotype is known to be more severe in patients carrying the p.M694V mutation. This report describes 2 molecules secreted by unconventional secretory pathways, S100A12 and IL-18, whose concentrations correlated with clinical disease activity and genotype in patients with FMF. In this clinically and genetically heterogeneous disease, management of these surrogate markers might help to improve patient care and outcomes.
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- Faekah Gohar
- University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany
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- Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- Labor Berlin-Charité Vivantes GmbH and Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- St. Josef-Hospital, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany
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- German Centre for Child and Adolescent Rheumatology, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany
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- Center for Genomics and Transcriptomics, Tuebingen, Germany
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- University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
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- University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany
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- University Children's Hospital, Muenster, Germany
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Sezer F, Uslu AU, Egilmez H, Balta S, Varol K, Arik B, Seker E, Gunes H, Yonem O. The evaluation of renal hemodynamics changes in Familial Mediterranean fever with color Doppler sonography. Ren Fail 2016; 38:1161-6. [PMID: 27425449 DOI: 10.1080/0886022x.2016.1208465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Renal resistive index (RRI) scanned through renal Doppler is a practical marker employed in measuring blood flow in renal and intrarenal arteries and in noninvasive evaluation of renal vascular resistance. We aimed to investigate the renal hemodynamic variations in patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF). MATERIAL AND METHODS Seventy-nine FMF patients and 51 healthy subjects suitable for age and sex were included. Patients were divided into two groups according to their urinary albumin excretion. Fifty-two patients with 0-29 mg/day albuminuria were included in the normoalbuminuric group while 27 patients with 30-299 mg/day albuminuria were included in the microalbuminuric group. RESULTS RRI values were higher in patients with FMF compared to the healthy subjects (p < 0.0001). Additionally, RRI values were found to be higher in the microalbuminuric patients group compared to the normoalbuminuric patients group, and RRI values were also higher in normoalbuminuric patients group compared to the control group (p = 0.002, p < 0.0001). The ROC curve analysis suggested that the optimum RRI cutoff value for microalbuminuria in patients was 0.63, sensitivity of 66%, specificity of 60%, and p = 0.013. CONCLUSION RRI may be a marker that may be used in assessing resistance to renal blood flow, early renal damage, and progression of renal damage in FMF patients.
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- Ferhat Sezer
- a Department of Radiology , Konya Numune Hospital , Konya , Turkey
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- b Department of Internal Medicine , Eskisehir Military Hospital , Eskisehir , Turkey
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- c Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine , Cumhuriyet University , Sivas , Turkey
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- d Gulhane School of Medicine , Department of Cardiology , Ankara , Turkey
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- e Department of Radiology , Amasya University SS Education and Research Hospital , Amasya , Turkey
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- f Department of Radiology , Mevlana University Faculty of Medicine , Konya , Turkey
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- c Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine , Cumhuriyet University , Sivas , Turkey
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- g Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine , Cumhuriyet University , Sivas , Turkey
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- h Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine , Cumhuriyet University , Sivas , Turkey
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Uslu AU, Yonem O, Aydin B, Uncu T, Seven D, Balta S, Cicekli E. Red cell distribution width is associated with albuminuria in adults with familial Mediterranean fever. Kaohsiung J Med Sci 2016; 32:216-20. [PMID: 27185605 DOI: 10.1016/j.kjms.2016.03.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Revised: 03/26/2016] [Accepted: 03/30/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Systematic inflammation, enhanced oxidative stress, and endothelial dysfunction are important for evolution and progression of renal damage, and they cause an increase in red cell distribution width (RDW). Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients who are in the attack-free period and its relation with albuminuria and performance on assessment of microalbuminuria. One hundred and seventy-seven patients who had been diagnosed in accordance with Tel-hoshmer criteria and were in the attack-free period, and 143 age- and sex-matched healthy individuals were enrolled in our study. RDW values of FMF patients were higher compared with those of the controls (13.85 ± 1.07 and 13.15 ± 0.91, respectively; p < 0.0001). RDW values of FMF patients with microalbuminuria were higher compared with those of FMF patients with normoalbuminuria and the control group (p = 0.002 and p < 0.0001, respectively). RDW values of FMF patients with normoalbuminuria were higher compared with those of the control group (p < 0.0001). We have showed RDW levels are positively correlated with albuminuria (r = 0.185, p = 0.014). When assessing microalbuminuria with RDW in the patients, a cutoff value of 13.85 with sensitivity of 60%, specificity of 62%, and p = 0.002 (area under curve: 0.651, 95% confidence interval 0.563-0.738), was observed according to receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis. Among the various variables associated with albuminuria in multivariate logistic regression analyses, RDW remained an independent predictor of albuminuria (95% confidence interval 0.479-0.942, p = 0.021). RDW may be associated with albuminuria in FMF patients and it can be a predictor of microalbuminuria.
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- Ali Ugur Uslu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Eskisehir Military Hospital, Eskisehir, Turkey.
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Etimesgut Military Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Gulhane Medical Academy Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Cumhuriyet University Faculty of Medicine, Sivas, Turkey
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Uslu AU, Aydin B, Icagasıoğlu IS, Balta S, Deveci K, Alkan F, Yıldız G, Sahin A. The Relationship Among the Level of Serum Amyloid A, High-Density Lipoprotein and Microalbuminuria in Patients With Familial Mediterranean Fever. J Clin Lab Anal 2016; 30:1003-1008. [PMID: 27094695 DOI: 10.1002/jcla.21971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/17/2015] [Revised: 02/14/2016] [Accepted: 02/27/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Serum amyloid A (SAA), which is produced in the liver, acts as an apoprotein of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) accumulation in extracellular matrix of tissues and organs. SAA elevations play a significant role in the development of amyloidosis. Microalbuminuria (MAU) is the early period of amyloidosis in patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). We assessed the association between SAA as an important factor for the development of amyloidosis in patients with FMF and cytokines, HDL, and MAU. METHODS A total of 40 FMF patients diagnosed with Tel-Hashomer criteria and making regular follow-up visits at the tertiary referral center from 2012 to 2013 were included in this study, besides 40 age- and sex-matched individuals as controls. RESULTS Compared with controls, FMF patients had higher SAA (25.20 ± 45.78 vs. 1.68 ± 0.63 ng/ml; P = 0.002). Also, FMF patients had higher MAU than controls (23.20 ± 39.86 vs. 9.40 ± 5.32 mg/day; P = 0.036). HDL was significantly lower in the patient group than in controls (39.35 ± 10.45 vs. 47.82 ± 15.31 mg/dl; P = 0.023). Interleukin-1 beta (IL-1), IL-6, and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) levels were higher in the FMF group than in controls (P < 0.0001, P = 0.009, P = 0.003, respectively). CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that IL-1, IL-6, TNF-α, SAA, and HDL may serve as markers of subclinical inflammation in FMF patients. Due to increased plasma HDL levels, antiinflammatory and antioxidant effects may elevate in FMF patients.
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- Ali Ugur Uslu
- Department of Internal Medicine, Eskisehir Military Hospital, Eskisehir, Turkey.
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Etimesgut Military Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiology, Gulhane Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
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- Department of Nephrology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
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- Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine, Cumhuriyet University, Sivas, Turkey
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