Elevated circulating IL-17 level is associated with inflammatory arthritis and disease activity: A meta-analysis.

CONCLUSION: Circulating IL-17 level is significantly elevated in inflammatory arthritis and is related to the disease activity of AS and RA, suggesting that it plays an important role in the pathogenesis and progression of inflammatory arthritis (especially in AS and RA).
PMID: 31271739 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: International Journal of Clinical Chemistry - June 30, 2019 Category: Chemistry Authors: Zhang X, Yuan Y, Pan Z, Ma Y, Wu M, Yang J, Han R, Chen M, Hu X, Liu R, Sam NB, Xu S, Pan F Tags: Clin Chim Acta Source Type: research