Visfatin Levels in Behcet’s Disease

The aim of our study is to determine the serum visfatin levels of patients with Behcet’s disease and to investigate the relationship between visfatin, an adipokine released from adipose tissue, levels and activity of Behcet’s disease. Fifty-eight patients with Behcet’s disease were enrolled to the s...

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Published in:Inflammation 2012-04, Vol.35 (2), p.405-408
Main Authors: Sezen, Hatice, Okumus, Seydi, Pehlivan, Yavuz, Dilli, Ismail, Tarakcioğlu, Mehmet, Onat, Ahmet Mesut
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behcet Syndrome - blood
Behcet Syndrome - pathology
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Humans
Immunology
Interleukin-1 - blood
Internal Medicine
Male
Nicotinamide Phosphoribosyltransferase - blood
Pathology
Pharmacology/Toxicology
Rheumatology
Severity of Illness Index
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha - blood
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Summary:The aim of our study is to determine the serum visfatin levels of patients with Behcet’s disease and to investigate the relationship between visfatin, an adipokine released from adipose tissue, levels and activity of Behcet’s disease. Fifty-eight patients with Behcet’s disease were enrolled to the study. Nineteen of the patients were inactive, and 39 of them were active. We enrolled 30 healthy subjects as being control group. Visfatin and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) levels were measured with ELISA method. Visfatin levels were significantly lower in patients with Behcet’s disease whose illnesses were active or inactive than the control group ( p  
ISSN:0360-3997
1573-2576
DOI:10.1007/s10753-011-9328-2