Abstracts tagged "biomarkers and insulin-like growth factor"

Abstract Number: 546 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Adipokines and Insulin-like Growth Factor 1 As Predictors of Clinical and Radiographic Outcomes in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis
Adrian Levitsky¹, Kerstin Brismar², Saedis Saevarsdottir³, Karen Hambardzumyan¹, Anna Andersson¹ and Ronald F. van Vollenhoven¹, ¹Department of Medicine, Unit for Clinical Therapy Research, Inflammatory Diseases (ClinTRID), The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ²Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Unit of Growth and Metabolism, The Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, ³Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, The Karolinska Institute and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
Background/Purpose: Adipokines are cytokines/hormones primarily synthesized in white adipose tissue. In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), some adipokines have been associated with worse outcomes (1-3). The aim…