Abstracts tagged "vasculitis and Disease Activity"

Abstract Number: 661 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Association of Serum and Urine Levels of TWEAK, MCP-1 and NGAL with Disease Activity in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
SAFAK MIRIOGLU ¹, SUZAN CINAR ², Halil Yazici ³, Ahmet Gül ⁴, Lale Öcal ⁴, Murat Inanc ⁴ and Bahar Artim-Esen⁴, ¹Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, ISTANBUL, Turkey, ²Istanbul University,Department of Immunology, Institute of Experimental Medicine, ISTANBUL, Turkey, ³Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: TWEAK, MCP-1 and NGAL, mediators in pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), are proinflammatory cytokines/chemokines that are thought as potential biomarkers reflecting disease activity.…