Abstracts tagged "biomarkers and osteoblasts"

Abstract Number: 2582 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2014

Serum Levels of Bone Morphogenetic Protein-7 and Sclerostin Are Elevated in Ankylosing Spondylitis, but Not Linked with Structural Damage

Weiping Kong¹, Xiaotong WANG¹, Tongliang Zhou², Yue Jin³, Qingwen TAO¹, Yuan Xu¹, Yingze Zhang¹, Jianming WANG¹ and Xiaoping Yan¹, ¹Department of TCM Rheumatology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, BEIJING, China, ²CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, BEIJING, China, ³COMBINATION OF WESTERN AND CHINESE MEDICINE, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, BEIJING, China