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Stromelysin levels were measured using a one-step sandwich immunoassay in synovial fluid (SF) obtained from 31 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (31 samples) and 13 patients with osteoarthritis (OA) (13 samples) and in serum from 81 patients with RA (106 samples), 12 with OA (14 samples), 12 with gouty arthritis (gout) (14 samples), and 8 with osteoporosis (OP) (14 samples) to identify differences in the levels in these diseases as well as correlations with clinical parameters in RA. SF stromelysin levels were significantly higher in RA than in OA, and rose with increasing joint destruction in the former. No significant correlations were found between the SF stromelysin level in RA and various clinical parameters, except for the volume of SF which showed a correlation. Serum levels of stromelysin were highest in RA, gout, OA, and osteoporosis in decreasing order, and in RA were correlated with the Steinbrocker Stage. A significant correlation was also found between the serum stromelysin level and number of swollen joints, and correlations with the Lansbury index, ESR, CRP, WBC and Plt. The stromelysin level in SF was thought to be a useful parameter of local joint involvement and that in serum of the severity of systemic joint inflammation.
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Sasaki, S., Iwata, H., Ishiguro, N. et al. Detection of stromelysin in synovial fluid and serum from patients with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis. Clin Rheumatol 13, 228–233 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02249017
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