Abstracts tagged "anti-TNF therapy and bone metabolism"

Abstract Number: 599 • 2012 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
LIGHT (TNFSF14), Cathepsin K, DKK-1 and Sclerostin in Ankylosing Spondylitis: Osteoclast/OSTEOBLAST Imbalance Unrelated to Disease Activity and Effect of ANTI-TNFα Treatment On the WNT/β Catenin Pathway
Alberto Cauli¹, Grazia Dessole¹, Giovanni Porru¹, Matteo Piga¹, Alessandra Vacca², Valentina Ibba¹, Pietro Garau¹ and Alessandro Mathieu¹, ¹Unit and Chair of Rheumatology, University Hospital of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy, ²Rheumatology Unit - Medical Sciences, University of Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Background/Purpose: Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is an inflammatory arthritis characterized by erosions and new bone formation. These processes appear to be related by the fine balance…