ArticleArthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.)2024
Plasma Matrix Metalloproteinase Concentrations and Risk of Interstitial Lung Disease in a Prospective Rheumatoid Arthritis Cohort.
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- Incidence and influencing factors of progressive pulmonary fibrosis in connective tissue disease-associated interstitial lung disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Pooled it
- Combining Three Peripheral Blood Biomarkers to Stratify Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease Risk.Arthritis care & research · 2026Observational
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- MUC5B promoter variant and survival in rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2025Article
- Early detection of lung injury and matrix metalloproteinase activation in ARDS could improve diagnostic and therapeutic strategies?Expert review of respiratory medicine · 2025Article
- Peripheral Biomarker Signatures in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease.Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2025Article
- Serum Biomarkers of Pulmonary Damage and Risk for Progression of Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease.The Journal of rheumatology · 2025Article
- Matrix metalloproteinases and their tissue inhibitors as upcoming biomarker signatures of connective tissue diseases-related interstitial lung disease: towards an earlier and accurate diagnosis.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease: Advancing the identification and management.Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism · 2025Review
- The Veterans Affairs Rheumatoid Arthritis Registry: A unique population in rheumatoid arthritis research.Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism · 2025Review
- Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (RA-ILD): Update on Prevalence, Risk Factors, Pathogenesis, and Therapy.Current rheumatology reports · 2024Review
- Moving forward in Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease Screening.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Antibodies to Malondialdehyde-Acetaldehyde Adduct Are Associated With Prevalent and Incident Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease in US Veterans.Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) · 2024Article
- A Review of Advances in Molecular Imaging of Rheumatoid Arthritis: From In Vitro to Clinic Applications Using Radiolabeled Targeting Vectors with Technetium-99m.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Genetic evidence reveals a causal relationship between rheumatoid arthritis and interstitial lung disease.Frontiers in genetics · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the associations of plasma matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) with prevalent and incident interstitial lung disease (ILD) in people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).
methodsWithin a multicenter, prospective cohort of US veterans with RA, we performed a cross-sectional study of prevalent ILD and cohort study of incident ILD. ILD diagnoses were validated by medical record review of provider diagnoses and chest imaging and/or pathology reports. MMP-1, 3, 7, and 9 concentrations were measured in plasma samples, then standardized and categorized into quartiles. The associations of MMPs with prevalent and incident ILD were assessed with logistic (prevalent) and Cox (incident) regression models adjusted for RA-ILD risk factors.
resultsAmong 2,312 participants (88.9% male; mean age 63.8 years), 96 had prevalent ILD. Incident ILD developed in 130 participants over 17,378 person-years of follow-up (crude incidence rate 7.5/1,000 person-years). Participants with the highest quartile of MMP-7 concentrations had a nearly four-fold increased odds of prevalent ILD (adjusted odds ratio 3.78 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.86-7.65]) and over two-fold increased risk of incident ILD (adjusted hazard ratio 2.33 [95% CI 1.35-4.02]). Higher MMP-9 concentrations were also associated with prevalent and incident ILD, as well as negatively correlated with forced vital capacity among those with prevalent ILD (r = -0.30, P = 0.005).
conclusionMMP-7 and MMP-9 were strongly associated with both prevalent and incident ILD in this large, multicenter RA cohort after adjustment for other RA-ILD risk factors. These population-level findings further support a potential pathogenic role for MMPs in RA-ILD and suggest that their measurement could facilitate RA-ILD risk stratification.
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