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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine research2017

Role of LncRNA-AF085935, IL-10 and IL-17 in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C.

Dina Sabry, Azza Elamir, Rania Hosny Mahmoud, Ahmed Ali Abdelaziz, Wael Fathy

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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  2. LncRNAs in HCV Infection and HCV-Related Liver Disease.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020
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  6. Treatment of Type II Collagen-Induced Rat Rheumatoid Arthritis Model by Interleukin 10 (IL10)-Mesenchymal Stem Cells (BMSCs).Medical science monitor : international medical journal of experimental and clinical research · 2019
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5 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.

Dina SabryMedical Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt.
Azza ElamirMedical Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Al Fayoum, Egypt.
Rania Hosny MahmoudMedical Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, Fayoum University, Al Fayoum, Egypt.
Ahmed Ali AbdelazizRheumatology and Rehabilitation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Alazhar University, Cairo, Egypt.
Wael FathyTropical Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Beni Suef University, Beni Suef, Egypt.
Fayoum University · EGAl-Azhar University · EGBeni-Suef University · EGCairo University · EG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe current study aimed at testing the effect of corticosteroid therapy on serum levels of interleukin-10 (IL-10) and IL-17 as well as lncRNA-AF085935 in patients of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) and evaluating the usefulness of using these parameters to predict the therapeutic efficacy of steroids in these patients.

methodsThirty healthy control subjects and 65 chronic HCV patients with RA were included in our study. Patients were subjected to clinical examination, abdominal ultrasound, and liver biopsy and received 6-methyl-prednisolone (PDN) 16 mg/day for 48 weeks. Blood samples were collected from all subjects and serum was separated to assess IL-10 and IL-17 by ELISA and HCV RNA and lncRNA-AF085935 by qRT-PCR.

resultsOur study revealed that there were significant increases in serum levels of IL-10, IL-17 and lncRNA-AF085935 in RA patients associated with HCV compared with healthy control subjects. Also there were significant increases in serum levels of IL-10 and HCV RNA and a significant decrease in serum level of IL-17 in patients after corticosteroid therapy, while lncRNA-AF085935 is not significantly changed.

conclusionLncRNA-AF085935 might be a useful candidate biomarker for the early detection of RA associated with HCV, providing potential new strategies for early screening and therapy of these patients. IL-17 is a non-invasive prognostic marker to predict the efficacy of corticosteroid therapy in RA patients associated with chronic hepatitis C.

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HCVIL-10IL-17LncRNA-AF085935Rheumatoid arthritis

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