PMID- 29181621 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181211 LR - 20181211 IS - 1437-160X (Electronic) IS - 0172-8172 (Linking) VI - 38 IP - 6 DP - 2018 Jun TI - Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 as a marker of systemic lupus erythematosus: an observational study. PG - 1003-1008 LID - 10.1007/s00296-017-3888-x [doi] AB - There is a pivotal need for new markers to be tested in every day clinical practice for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and lupus nephritis (LN). The levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in the serum and urine of 72 SLE patients (27 with LN and 45 without LN involvement) and 30 healthy individuals were studied to establish their clinical significance. The SLE Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI) was used to establish the disease activity. Urine and serum MCP-1 was determined using the sandwich enzyme immunosorbent assay. Urinary, but not serum MCP-1, positively correlated with proteinuria (r = 0.839; p < 0.001) and negatively correlated with glomerular filtration, evaluated using the modification of diet in renal disease (MDRD) formula (r = - 0.293; p < 0.05), and with C3 complement component in active LN patients (r = - 0.519, p = 0.019). Both serum and urinary MCP-1 demonstrated a positive correlation with SLEDAI (r = 0.318; p < 0.01 and r = 0.431; p < 0.001). We also demonstrated that the levels of serum and urinary MCP-1 were significantly higher in patients with SLE compared to healthy controls, regardless of the disease activity and renal involvement. We recommend MCP-1 measurement in the routine laboratory follow-up of the SLE patients. FAU - Zivkovic, Valentina AU - Zivkovic V AD - Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia. AD - Institute for Treatment and Rehabilitation, Niska Banja, Nis, Serbia. FAU - Cvetkovic, Tatjana AU - Cvetkovic T AD - Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia. AD - Clinic of Nephrology Nis, Clinical Centre Nis, Nis, Serbia. FAU - Mitic, Branka AU - Mitic B AD - Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia. AD - Clinic of Nephrology Nis, Clinical Centre Nis, Nis, Serbia. FAU - Stamenkovic, Bojana AU - Stamenkovic B AD - Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia. AD - Institute for Treatment and Rehabilitation, Niska Banja, Nis, Serbia. FAU - Stojanovic, Sonja AU - Stojanovic S AD - Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia. AD - Institute for Treatment and Rehabilitation, Niska Banja, Nis, Serbia. FAU - Radovanovic-Dinic, Biljana AU - Radovanovic-Dinic B AD - Faculty of Medicine, University of Nis, Nis, Serbia. AD - Clinic of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Clinical Centre Nis, Nis, Serbia. FAU - Jurisic, Vladimir AU - Jurisic V AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6525-128X AD - Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia. vdvd@lycos.com. LA - eng GR - 175056/Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnoloskog Razvoja/ PT - Journal Article PT - Observational Study DEP - 20171127 PL - Germany TA - Rheumatol Int JT - Rheumatology international JID - 8206885 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Antinuclear) RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) SB - IM MH - Antibodies, Antinuclear MH - Biomarkers/blood MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Chemokine CCL2/*immunology/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic/blood/*diagnosis MH - Lupus Nephritis/blood/*diagnosis OTO - NOTNLM OT - Biomarker OT - Lupus nephritis OT - Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MPC-1) OT - SLEDAI OT - Systemic lupus erythematosus EDAT- 2017/11/29 06:00 MHDA- 2018/12/12 06:00 CRDT- 2017/11/29 06:00 PHST- 2017/10/06 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/11/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2017/11/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/12/12 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2017/11/29 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00296-017-3888-x [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00296-017-3888-x [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Rheumatol Int. 2018 Jun;38(6):1003-1008. doi: 10.1007/s00296-017-3888-x. Epub 2017 Nov 27.