title: [Clinical value of soluble tumor necrosis factor-alpha receptors in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus].
abstract: The study was undertaken to examine the clinical value of serum levels of soluble receptors of tumor necrosis factor-alpha with a molecular mass of 55 kDa (rTNF-alpha-55R) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The serum level of rTNF-alpha-55R was measured by enzyme immunoassay (a "Quantikine" set, R&D System, USA) in 73 patients with SLE and 22 donors. In the patients, the mean level of rTNF-alpha-55R was significantly higher than that in donors. Higher serum levels of rTNF-alpha-55R were noted in 43.8% of the patients with SLE. There was a correlation between the level of rTNF-alpha-55R and the progression of SLE (p < 0.05), the exacerbation (p < 0.05), and the clinical manifestations of the disease (cardiac valvular apparatus damage, active lupus nephritis). rTNF-alpha-55R are a marker of the progression and exacerbation of SLE and reflects that there is a prognostically poor factor, i.e. the involvement of the kidneys in a pathological process.
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Krichevskaia
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Kliukvina
authors.forename: E N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Aleksandrova
authors.forename: M Iu
authors.initials: MIu
authors.lastname: Samsonov
authors.forename: E L
authors.initials: EL
authors.lastname: Nasonov
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D015415:Biomarkers; D018450:Disease Progression; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007124:Immunoenzyme Techniques; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008970:Molecular Weight; D011379:Prognosis; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D018124:Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor