Plasma levels of CTRP-3, CTRP-9 and apelin in women with multiple sclerosis

Recently, adipocytokines have been shown to play a pivotal role in autoimmune and inflammatory-related disease. The purpose of this study was to compare the levels of CTRP3, CTRP9, adiponectin and apelin, in Multiple Sclerosis (MS) patients with healthy subjects and their relationship with clinical parameters and the levels of pro-inflammatory mediators.

Source: Journal of Neuroimmunology - May 15, 2019 Category: Allergy & Immunology Authors: Amir Rasooli Tehrani, Sakineh Gholipour, Roya Sharifi, Samira Yadegari, Mohammad Abbasi-kolli, Nahid Masoudian Source Type: research