YKL-40 and cytokines - a New Diagnostic Constellation in Rheumatoid Arthritis?

Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) causes chronic inflammation and alteration of articular tissue and joints. The pathogenesis of the disease remains unclear although it is known that proinflammatory cytokines play a major role in its induction.

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Main Authors: Kazakova Maria H., Batalov Anastas Z., Mateva Nonka G., Kolarov Zlatimir G., Sarafian Victoria S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Pensoft Publishers 2017-03-01
Series:Folia Medica
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spelling doaj-cfb7787a7df846ecbc617a1b89a1eb8c2020-11-24T22:09:22ZengPensoft PublishersFolia Medica 1314-21432017-03-01591374210.1515/folmed-2017-0013folmed-2017-0013YKL-40 and cytokines - a New Diagnostic Constellation in Rheumatoid Arthritis?Kazakova Maria H.0Batalov Anastas Z.1Mateva Nonka G.2Kolarov Zlatimir G.3Sarafian Victoria S.4Department of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, 15A Vasil Aprilov Blvd., 4002 Plovdiv, BulgariaDepartment of Propedeutics of Internal Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria BulgariaDepartment of Medical Informatics, Biostatistics and E-learning, Faculty of Public Health, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, BulgariaClinic of Rheumatology, Medical University of Sofia, Sofia, BulgariaDepartment of Medical Biology, Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria BulgariaBackground: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) causes chronic inflammation and alteration of articular tissue and joints. The pathogenesis of the disease remains unclear although it is known that proinflammatory cytokines play a major role in its induction.http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/folmed.2017.59.issue-1/folmed-2017-0013/folmed-2017-0013.xml?format=INTYKL-40cytokinesrheumatoid arthritis
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author Kazakova Maria H.
Batalov Anastas Z.
Mateva Nonka G.
Kolarov Zlatimir G.
Sarafian Victoria S.
spellingShingle Kazakova Maria H.
Batalov Anastas Z.
Mateva Nonka G.
Kolarov Zlatimir G.
Sarafian Victoria S.
YKL-40 and cytokines - a New Diagnostic Constellation in Rheumatoid Arthritis?
Folia Medica
YKL-40
cytokines
rheumatoid arthritis
author_facet Kazakova Maria H.
Batalov Anastas Z.
Mateva Nonka G.
Kolarov Zlatimir G.
Sarafian Victoria S.
author_sort Kazakova Maria H.
title YKL-40 and cytokines - a New Diagnostic Constellation in Rheumatoid Arthritis?
title_short YKL-40 and cytokines - a New Diagnostic Constellation in Rheumatoid Arthritis?
title_full YKL-40 and cytokines - a New Diagnostic Constellation in Rheumatoid Arthritis?
title_fullStr YKL-40 and cytokines - a New Diagnostic Constellation in Rheumatoid Arthritis?
title_full_unstemmed YKL-40 and cytokines - a New Diagnostic Constellation in Rheumatoid Arthritis?
title_sort ykl-40 and cytokines - a new diagnostic constellation in rheumatoid arthritis?
publisher Pensoft Publishers
series Folia Medica
issn 1314-2143
publishDate 2017-03-01
description Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) causes chronic inflammation and alteration of articular tissue and joints. The pathogenesis of the disease remains unclear although it is known that proinflammatory cytokines play a major role in its induction.
topic YKL-40
cytokines
rheumatoid arthritis
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