CXCL9 and NT-proBNP, a notable link between inflammatory mediator and cardiovascular disease biomarker in rheumatoid arthritis

• Published in: Clinical rheumatology Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 137 - 145
• Main Authors: Shamsi, Afsaneh, Roghani, Seyed Askar, Soufivand, Parviz, Pournazari, Mehran, Khoobbakht, Fatemeh, Bahrehmand, Fariborz, Taghadosi, Mahdi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2024; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Biomarkers; Brain natriuretic peptide; C-reactive protein; Cardiovascular disease; Cardiovascular diseases; Chemokines; Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Original Article; Pathogenesis; Plasma; Plasma levels; Rheumatoid arthritis; Rheumatology; CXCL9; NT-proBNP; HS-CRP; Cardiovascular; Rheumatoid arthritis; DAS-28

Introduction Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the most critical extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis, and inflammatory molecules contribute to its pathogenesis. Recently, CXCL9 has been considered an inflammatory chemokine associated with the pathogenesis of CVD. Here, we evaluated t...