title: The relationship between serum levels of YKL-40 and disease progression in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: YKL-40 concentrations in serum were determined by an ELISA at 3 occasions during 19 months for 57 early RA patients. The results were related to biochemical and radiographic measures at each time point. YKL-40 correlated significantly to ESR and CRP throughout the study. Correlations between YKL-40 and radiographic findings scored by the Larsen method were fairly weak both for absolute values at each time point (Rs 0.212-0.319) and for progression over time (Rs 0.152-0.301). Baseline YKL-40 could predict radiographic progression with a specificity and sensitivity of only slightly over 50%. ESR and CRP correlated stronger than YKL-40 to joint damage progression and in a multiple regression model ESR was the only significant variable explaining the variance of this radiographic measure. We conclude that serial measurements of serum YKL-40 did not provide information that could not be obtained by conventional biochemical measures of disease activity.
authors.affiliation: Novadx, Inc., San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Whaley
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eberhardt
mesh_terms: D054392:Adipokines; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D001175:Arthrography; D001799:Blood Sedimentation; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis; D000071451:Chitinase-3-Like Protein 1; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006023:Glycoproteins / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D037102:Lectins; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D054392:Adipokines; C084533:CHI3L1 protein, human; D000071451:Chitinase-3-Like Protein 1; D006023:Glycoproteins; D037102:Lectins; D002097:C-Reactive Protein