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ArticleTherapeutic advances in gastroenterology2025

Performance of serum gelsolin as a biomarker for mucosal activity in Crohn's disease: a comparison with C-reactive protein.

Keiko Maeda, Takeshi Yamamura, Masanao Nakamura, Tsunaki Sawada, Eri Ishikawa, Kentaro Murate, Tatsuya Kawamura, Takashi Hirose, Kazuhiro Furukawa, Hiroki Kawashima

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Keiko MaedaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-8550, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6477-1865
Takeshi YamamuraDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan.
Masanao NakamuraDepartment of Endoscopy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5444-143X
Tsunaki SawadaDepartment of Endoscopy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan.
Eri IshikawaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan.
Kentaro MurateDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan.
Tatsuya KawamuraDepartment of Endoscopy, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan.
Takashi HiroseDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan.
Kazuhiro FurukawaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan.
Hiroki KawashimaDepartment of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Japan.

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Abstract

Background: Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease. Monitoring the disease activity and providing appropriate treatment are essential for improving long-term prognosis. Endoscopy remains the gold standard for assessing disease activity; however, it is invasive and costly. Recently, we identified gelsolin as a promising serum biomarker for endoscopic disease activity in ulcerative colitis. Objective: To investigate serum gelsolin levels as a potential biomarker for mucosal activity in the small bowel and colon of patients with CD. Furthermore, we aimed to compare the performance of gelsolin with that of C-reactive protein (CRP) in detecting mucosal activity. Design: A retrospective observational study at a single tertiary care center. Methods: Serum gelsolin and CRP were measured in 82 patients with CD and 16 healthy controls. Endoscopic disease activity was assessed using the Applied Simple Endoscopic Score for CD (aSES-CD). We conducted receiver operating characteristic curves and correlation analyses. In addition, subgroup analyses were performed to evaluate differences in the biomarker performance between ileal and ileocolonic types of CD. Results: Serum gelsolin levels were significantly lower in patients with CD than in healthy controls ( Conclusion: Serum gelsolin is a prospective noninvasive biomarker that outperforms CRP in detecting endoscopic disease activity in patients with ileocolonic-type CD.

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biomarkerCrohn’s diseasegelsolin

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