Serum endocan levels as a marker of disease activity in聽patients with Beh莽et disease

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• 作者：Ilknur Balta ; Sevket Balta ; Ozgul Mustu Koryurek ; Sait Demirkol ; Dimitri P. Mikhailidis ; Turgay Celik ; Mustafa Cakar ; Ugur Kucuk ; Meral Eksioglu ; Yasemin Gulcan Kurt
• 关键词：Behç ; et disease ; endocan ; endothelium ; inflammation ; intercellular adhesion molecule ; leukocyte function-associated antigen
• 刊名：Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology
• 出版年：February, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：70
• 期：2
• 页码：291-296
• 全文大小：253 K

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Background

Endocan is a novel human endothelial cell-specific molecule. The central role of leukocytes and endothelial dysfunction in the development of Beh莽et disease (BD) led us to hypothesize that endocan might be a marker of this disease.

Objective

We investigated the relationship between serum levels of endocan and disease activity in patients with BD.

Methods

In all, 33 patients (16 active, 17 inactive) with BD and 35 healthy persons were included in the study. Endocan and C-reactive protein were measured in all subjects.

Results

Patients with BD had significantly higher serum endocan levels. Mean serum levels of endocan were 1.29 卤 0.60 ng/mL (range: 0.58-2.99) in patients with BD and 0.75 卤 0.16 ng/mL (range: 0.48-1.21) in control subjects (P < .001). In patients with BD, serum endocan levels correlated moderately but significantly with C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and disease activity. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis suggested that the optimum endocan level cut-off point for patients with BD was 0.87 ng/mL, with a sensitivity and specificity of 75.8% and 80%, respectively (area under curve 0.835, 95% confidence interval 0.738-0.932).

Limitations

The main limitation of our study is the relatively small sample size.

Conclusions

Circulating endocan may be a marker of BD activity.