Vitamin D status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a correlation analysis with disease activity and progression, as well as serum IL-6 levels | Zendy

Kinga Polasik | Zendy; Ewa Piotrowska | Zendy; Barbara Lipińska | Zendy; Jacek M. Witkowski | Zendy; Ewa Bryl | Zendy; Stefan Tukaj | Zendy

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Vitamin D status in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a correlation analysis with disease activity and progression, as well as serum IL-6 levels

Author(s) -

Kinga Polasik,

Ewa Piotrowska,

Barbara Lipińska,

Jacek M. Witkowski,

Ewa Bryl,

Stefan Tukaj

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

acta biochimica polonica

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.452

H-Index - 78

eISSN - 1734-154X

pISSN - 0001-527X

DOI - 10.18388/abp.2017_1636

Subject(s) - rheumatoid arthritis , medicine , vitamin d and neurology , vitamin d deficiency , gastroenterology , disease , population , arthritis , endocrinology , immunology , environmental health

Recent epidemiological studies suggested an association between a poor vitamin D [25(OH)D] status, inflammatory mediators, and rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We have recently proposed that pro-inflammatory interleukin 6 (IL-6) may represent a good marker for disease activity of RA. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between serum 25(OH)D levels and disease activity, joint damage, as well as serum IL-6 levels in a Polish RA population.

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