Angiopoietin-2, vascular endothelial growth factor family, and heparin binding endothelial growth factor are associated with subclinical atherosclerosis in rheumatoid arthritis.
Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal(2024)
摘要
Introduction
Patients with RA are at a higher risk of developing CV diseases than the general population. The precise mechanisms are still unknown. We evaluated the associations between 8 plasma growth factors (GFs) (angiopoietin-2, EGF, HB-EGF, PLGF, TGF-α, VEGFa, VEGFc, and VEGFd) and subclinical arteriosclerosis in RA patients.
Materials and methods
A total of 199 patients with RA treated at the Hospital Universitari Sant Joan de Reus (Spain) between 2011 and 2015 were included in this cross-sectional study. Carotid intima media thickness (cIMT), carotid plaque presence (cPP) and pulse wave velocity (PWV) were measured. GFs were measured with Bio-Plex Pro Human Cancer Biomarker Panel 2 (Bio-Rad). Multivariate models and partial least square discriminant analysis (PLS-DA) were used for analysis (RStudio, version 4.0.1).
Results
Multivariate models showed that angiopoietin-2 was associated with cPP and PWV in the overall cohort (OR = 1.53 and β = 0.20, respectively). VEGFc (β = 0.29), VEGFa (β = 0.26) and HB-EGF (β = 0.22) were also associated with PWV. VEGFa (OR = 2.36), VEGFd (OR = 2.29), EGF (OR = 2.62), PLGF (OR = 2.54), and HB-EGF (OR = 2.24) were associated with cPP in men. According to PLS-DA, GFs were able to distinguish between patients with and without cPP in the overall cohort, male cohort, and female cohort. In women, angiopoietin-2 was associated with PWV (β = 0.18).
Conclusions
The selected GFs were closely related to atherosclerosis in patients with RA and are potential predictors of CV disease in patients with RA.
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Rheumatoid arthritis,atherosclerosis,inflammation,biomarker,growth factors,plaque presence
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