Karatay Saliha, Yildirim Kadir, Erdal Akin, Uzkeser Hulya, Erdem Fazile Hatipoglu, Yanmaz Vefa
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Medical Faculty, Ataturk University, 25240 Erzurum, Turkey.
J Back Musculoskelet Rehabil. 2010;23(1):21-3. doi: 10.3233/BMR-2010-0243.
This study investigated the presence of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients and controls.
Forty-nine patients with FMF were enrolled (23 had a history of arthritis during attacks and 26 had no such history). Two control groups were enrolled: 20 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 30 healthy individuals. Clinical and laboratory assessments of the FMF patients were performed during attack-free periods. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), serum C-reactive protein (CRP), rheumatoid factor (RF), and anti-CCP antibody levels were measured.
In RA patients' ESR and CRP levels, frequency of RF, and anti-CCP antibody levels were significantly higher than in both FMF patients and healthy controls (p 0.001). Moreover, anti-CCP was negative in all healthy controls as well as in all FMF patients.
Our results show that anti-CCP antibodies are not associated with FMF.
本研究调查家族性地中海热(FMF)患者和对照组中抗环瓜氨酸肽(抗CCP)抗体的存在情况。
招募了49例FMF患者(23例在发作期间有关节炎病史,26例无此类病史)。招募了两个对照组:20例类风湿性关节炎(RA)患者和30名健康个体。在FMF患者无发作期间进行临床和实验室评估。测量红细胞沉降率(ESR)、血清C反应蛋白(CRP)、类风湿因子(RF)和抗CCP抗体水平。
RA患者的ESR和CRP水平、RF频率以及抗CCP抗体水平均显著高于FMF患者和健康对照组(p<0.001)。此外,所有健康对照组以及所有FMF患者的抗CCP均为阴性。
我们的结果表明抗CCP抗体与FMF无关。