Usefulness of soluble CD163 as a biomarker for macrophage activation syndrome associated with systemic lupus erythematosus.

CONCLUSIONS: The present study suggests the usefulness of serum sCD163 as a diagnostic and disease-activity biomarker for SLE-associated MAS. Serum sCD163 might also have a different role as a biomarker for SLE-associated MAS than serum ferritin does. PMID: 31246559 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31246559?dopt=Abstract

Source: Lupus - June 29, 2019 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Nishino A, Katsumata Y, Kawasumi H, Hirahara S, Kawaguchi Y, Yamanaka H Tags: Lupus Source Type: research