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ArticleJournal of personalized medicine2022

The Association of uPA, uPAR, and suPAR System with Inflammation and Joint Damage in Rheumatoid Arthritis: suPAR as a Biomarker in the Light of a Personalized Medicine Perspective.

Maurizio Benucci, Arianna Damiani, Edda Russo, Serena Guiducci, Francesca Li Gobbi, Paola Fusi, Valentina Grossi, Amedeo Amedei, Mariangela Manfredi, Maria Infantino

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Article in Journal of personalized medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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Maurizio BenucciRheumatology Unit, Hospital S. Giovanni di Dio, Azienda USL-Toscana Centro, 50143 Florence, Italy.
Arianna DamianiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Edda RussoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3141-1091
Serena GuiducciDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy.
Francesca Li GobbiRheumatology Unit, Hospital S. Giovanni di Dio, Azienda USL-Toscana Centro, 50143 Florence, Italy.
Paola FusiRheumatology Unit, Hospital S. Giovanni di Dio, Azienda USL-Toscana Centro, 50143 Florence, Italy.
Valentina GrossiImmunology and Allergology Laboratory, Hospital S. Giovanni di Dio, Azienda USL-Toscana Centro, 50143 Florence, Italy.
Amedeo AmedeiDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Florence, 50134 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6797-9343
Mariangela ManfrediImmunology and Allergology Laboratory, Hospital S. Giovanni di Dio, Azienda USL-Toscana Centro, 50143 Florence, Italy.
Maria InfantinoImmunology and Allergology Laboratory, Hospital S. Giovanni di Dio, Azienda USL-Toscana Centro, 50143 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6200-4467
Azienda Usl Toscana Centro · ITUniversity of Florence · IT

Funding

MUR under the umbrella of the European Joint Program Initiative "A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life" (JPI-HDHL) and of the ERA-NET Cofund ERA-HDHL, ID: 1523 (GA N 696295 of the EU HORIZON 2020 Research and Innovation Programme). MUR under the umbrella of the European Joint Program Initiative "A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life" (JPI-HDHL) and of the ERA-NET Cofund ERA-HDHL, ID: 1523 (GA N 696295 of the EU HORIZON 2020 Research and Innovation Programme).
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Abstract

backgroundIn recent years, the involvement of the soluble urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor (suPAR) in the pathophysiological modulation of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) has been documented, resulting in the activation of several intracellular inflammatory pathways.

methodsWe investigated the correlation of urokinase Plasminogen Activator (uPA)/urokinase Plasminogen Activator Receptor (uPAR) expression and suPAR with inflammation and joint damage in RA, evaluating their potential role in a precision medicine context.

resultsCurrently, suPAR has been shown to be a potential biomarker for the monitoring of Systemic Chronic Inflammation (SCI) and COVID-19. However, the effects due to suPAR interaction in immune cells are also involved in both RA onset and progression. To date, the literature data on suPAR in RA endorse its potential application as a biomarker of inflammation and subsequent joint damage.

conclusionAvailable evidence about suPAR utility in the RA field is promising, and future research should further investigate its use in clinical practice, resulting in a big step forward for precision medicine. As it is elevated in different types of inflammation, suPAR could potentially work as an adjunctive tool for the screening of RA patients. In addition, a suPAR system has been shown to be involved in RA pathogenesis, so new data about the therapeutic response to Jak inhibitors can represent a possible way to develop further studies.

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disease activity scorerheumatoid arthritissuPARsystemic chronic inflammationuPA/uPAR

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PMID36556207
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