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ArticleClinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology2003

Measurement of inflammatory biomarkers in synovial tissue extracts by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Sanna Rosengren, Gary S Firestein, David L Boyle

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Article in Clinical and diagnostic laboratory immunology, 2003. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 26 papers.

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26 citing papers in PubMed, 64 citations in OpenAlex.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sanna RosengrenCenter for Innovative Therapy, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, University of California--San Diego School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, USA.
Gary S Firestein
David L Boyle
University of California, San Diego · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We developed methods for measuring inflammatory biomarkers (cytokines, chemokines, and metalloproteinases) in synovial biopsy specimens from patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and osteoarthritis (OA). Soluble extracts of synovial fragments were prepared with mild detergent and analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) for interleukin 1beta (IL-1beta), IL-6, IL-8, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha), and matrix metalloproteinase 3. The optimal detergent was 0.1% Igepal CA-630, which interfered minimally with ELISA detection but extracted 80% of IL-6 from synovial tissue. Upon spiking, 81 to 107% of added biomarkers could be recovered. To determine within-tissue variability, multiple biopsy specimens from each RA synovial extract were analyzed individually. A resulting coefficient of variation of 35 to 62% indicated that six biopsy specimens per synovial extract would result in a sampling error of < or = 25%. Preliminary power analysis suggested that 8 to 15 patients per group would suffice to observe a threefold difference before and after treatment in a serial biopsy clinical study. The previously described significant differences in IL-1beta, IL-6, IL-8, and TNF-alpha levels between RA and OA could be detected, thereby validating the use of synovial extracts for biomarker analysis in arthritis. These methods allow monitoring of biomarker protein levels in synovial tissue and could potentially be applied to early-phase clinical trials to provide a preliminary estimate of drug efficacy.

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Arthritis, RheumatoidBiomarkersBiopsyCytokinesDetergentsDiagnosis, DifferentialEnzyme-Linked Immunosorbent AssayHip JointHumansInflammationKnee JointOsteoarthritisSynovial MembraneBiomarkersCytokinesDetergents

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PMID14607859
PMCPMC262451
OpenAlexW2139665761

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