Increased levels of BPI-ANCA in patients with primary Sj ögren's Syndrome are associated with lung involvement.
CONCLUSIONS: Increased BPI-ANCA was found in pSS patients with lung involvement and was associated with inflammation. A combination of BPI-ANCA, NEUT% and ALB had the best AUC, and may serve as anadjunct to distinguish between pSS patients with and without lung involvement.
PMID: 32502475 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Biochemistry - Category: Biochemistry Authors: Wu Y, Yang Y, Qin Y, Wang Y, Feng M, Zhao X, Liang Z, Zhang C, Liu G, Guo H, Luo J Tags: Clin Biochem Source Type: research