sIL-2R LEVELS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: POOR CORRELATION WITH CLINICAL ACTIVITY IS DUE IN PART TO DISEASE DURATION
- 1 November 1995
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Rheumatology
- Vol. 34 (11) , 1037-1040
- https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/34.11.1037
Abstract
The serum levels of soluble interleulcin-2 receptors (sIL-2R) were measured in an attempt to determine whether they correlated with ‘disease activity’ in 59 patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis. Our results indicate that serum levels of sIL-2R do not permit patients to be classified as having active or inactive disease according to standard clinical indices. A correlation between sIL-2R and disease duration could offer one explanation for the current discrepancies found in the literature.Keywords
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