Correlations of serum cystatin C and hs-CRP with vascular endothelial cell injury in patients with active systemic lupus erythematosus.

CONCLUSIONS: Levels of cystatin C and hs-CRP are significantly increased in patients with active SLE, and the increase degrees are negatively correlated with the inner diameter of brachial artery under ultrasound, but positively correlated with the level of vascular endothelial growth factor in vivo. PMID: 29792017 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Panminerva Medica - Category: General Medicine Tags: Panminerva Med Source Type: research