Research Article: New Inflammatory Marker Associated with Disease Activity in Gouty Arthritis: The Systemic Inflammatory Response Index
Abstract:
Gouty arthritis (GA) is an autoinflammatory disease caused by the deposition of MSU crystals in joints and surrounding tissues. The clinical symptoms of acute gouty arthritis are abrupt, characterized by redness, swelling, heat, pain, and dysfunction of the affected joint and surrounding tissues. Without clinical intervention, repeated attacks of acute gout inflammation can lead to progressive destruction of joint tissues, bone erosion, and cartilage damage, ultimately evolving into chronic gouty inflammation. Many inflammatory factors are involved in the gouty inflammatory response induced by MSU crystals, such as IL-?, IL-, TNF-?, and other cytokines, which are crucial in the inflammatory cascade amplification reaction. However, serum inflammatory factors such as IL-? and IL- are rarely used as clinical routine testing indicators due to the high cost. Currently, two nonspecific inflammatory biomarkers, Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP), are often used to detect disease activity in gouty arthritis. However, they have complex measurements and limited clinical application and still have certain limitations in evaluating gout disease activity. For example, some patients with low disease activity are often overlooked because ESR and CRP are at cutoff thresholds, and the above inflammatory indicators may be significantly increased in some patients with intercritical gout. Therefore, more inflammatory markers related to disease activity need to be identified.
Introduction:
Gouty arthritis (GA) is an autoinflammatory disease caused by the deposition of MSU crystals in joints and surrounding tissues. The clinical symptoms of acute gouty arthritis are abrupt, characterized by redness, swelling, heat, pain, and dysfunction of the affected joint and surrounding tissues. Without clinical intervention, repeated attacks of acute gout inflammation can lead to progressive destruction of joint tissues, bone erosion, and cartilage damage, ultimately evolving into chronic gouty inflammation.…
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