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ArticleFrontiers in molecular biosciences2025

Comprehensive lipoprotein and glycoprotein characterization in rheumatoid arthritis plasma and association with clinical markers.

Konstantina Ismini Tsezou, Mohan Ghorasaini, Aswin Verhoeven, Aikaterini Iliou, Dimitra Benaki, Panayiotis G Vlachoyiannopoulos, Martin Giera, Emmanuel Mikros

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Konstantina Ismini TsezouPathophysiology Department, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Mohan GhorasainiLeiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden, Netherlands.
Aswin VerhoevenLeiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden, Netherlands.
Aikaterini IliouPharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacy School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Dimitra BenakiPharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacy School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Panayiotis G Vlachoyiannopoulos *Pathophysiology Department, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Martin Giera *Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC), Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, Leiden, Netherlands.
Emmanuel Mikros *Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Pharmacy School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.

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Introduction: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation and pain. This study investigates plasma lipoprotein and glycoprotein profiles in RA patients to identify clinically relevant markers for disease monitoring. Methods: Lipoprotein composition and subfractions were analyzed in plasma from 161 RA patients and 46 controls using proton nuclear magnetic resonance ( Results: RA patients exhibited a distinct lipoprotein and glycoprotein profile, with increased triglycerides, cholesterol, apolipoproteins (A1, A2, B100), and changes in LDL, HDL, GlycA, and GlycB. Glycoproteins were significantly higher in DMARD-naive RA (AUC ≈ 0.9) validating these NMR signals as biomarkers of inflammation. Patients in remission had higher small dense HDL and lower LDL-triglycerides than those with high disease activity. VAS correlated with LDL-triglycerides, while DAS28 correlated with small dense LDL-triglycerides and glycoproteins, inversely with large LDL, small HDL lipids. H4A1 alone characterizes RA remission (AUC ≈ 0.8). Conclusion: Lipoprotein profiles in RA correlate with disease activity, inflammation, and pain. Large HDL, intermediate LDL and glycoproteins serve for RA monitoring as well as potential molecular markers of pain.

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disease activityHDLLDLN-acetylglycoproteinsrheumatoid arthritistriglyceridesVAS

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