PMID- 22751596 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20121017 LR - 20151119 IS - 0380-0903 (Print) IS - 0380-0903 (Linking) VI - 89 DP - 2012 Jul TI - Soluble biomarkers may differentiate psoriasis from psoriatic arthritis. PG - 65-6 LID - 10.3899/jrheum.120247 [doi] AB - Patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) have a higher inflammatory burden and poorer quality of life compared to patients with psoriasis without PsA. Early identification of PsA may prevent joint damage progression and improve quality of life. Soluble biomarkers have the potential to be useful for screening patients with psoriasis for underlying PsA so that appropriate referral to a rheumatologist is made. Pilot studies have shown that C-reactive protein, interleukin 6, cartilage oligomeric matrix protein (COMP), Dickkopf-1, and macrophage-colony stimulating factor may differentiate PsA from psoriasis without PsA. Compared with controls, increased serum levels of receptor activator of nuclear factor-kappaB ligand, tumor necrosis factor superfamily member 14, matrix metalloproteinase-3 (MMP-3), and COMP are independently associated with psoriatic disease. Increased levels of high-sensitivity CRP (hsCRP), osteoprotegerin (OPG), MMP-3, and the ratio of C-propeptide of type II collagen (CPII) to collagen fragment neoepitopes Col2-3/4 C(long mono) (C2C) are independently associated with PsA. A combination of hsCRP, OPG, MMP-3, and the ratio CPII of C2C was able to distinguish patients with PsA from those with psoriasis alone in a receiver-operating characteristic curve analysis, with area under the curve 0.904. Therefore, a combination of the above biomarkers may at least have a role in screening patients with psoriasis for PsA. These findings need to be validated in prospective studies. FAU - Chandran, Vinod AU - Chandran V AD - Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario M5T 2S8, Canada. vchandra@uhnresearch.ca LA - eng GR - Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Canada PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - Canada TA - J Rheumatol Suppl JT - The Journal of rheumatology. Supplement JID - 7806058 RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Osteoprotegerin) RN - 0 (Peptide Fragments) RN - 0 (Procollagen) RN - 0 (TNFRSF11B protein, human) RN - 0 (procollagen type II carboxy-terminal peptide) RN - 9007-41-4 (C-Reactive Protein) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (MMP3 protein, human) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 3) SB - IM MH - Arthritis, Psoriatic/blood/*diagnosis MH - Biomarkers/*blood MH - C-Reactive Protein/analysis MH - Diagnosis, Differential MH - Humans MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 3/blood MH - Osteoprotegerin/blood MH - Peptide Fragments/blood MH - Predictive Value of Tests MH - Procollagen/blood MH - Prognosis MH - Psoriasis/blood/*diagnosis MH - ROC Curve EDAT- 2012/07/04 06:00 MHDA- 2012/10/18 06:00 CRDT- 2012/07/04 06:00 PHST- 2012/07/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/07/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/10/18 06:00 [medline] AID - 89/0/65 [pii] AID - 10.3899/jrheum.120247 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Rheumatol Suppl. 2012 Jul;89:65-6. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.120247.