目的探讨类风湿关节炎(rheumatoid arthritis,RA)患者的疾病活动性与炎症相关因子的关系。方法收集363例住院和门诊RA患者的血清及临床数据,包括血沉(ESR)、C反应蛋白(CRP)、血小板计数(PLT)及类风湿因子(RF),ELISA检测抗环瓜氨酸肽抗体(CCP)、葡萄糖6磷酸异构酶(GPI)、肿瘤坏死因子-α(TNF-α)及白细胞介素-1β(IL-1β)的表达,按DAS28(ESR)分为疾病高活动及中低活动组,分析PLT、TNF-α及IL-1β在RA疾病高、中低活动组与正常对照组之间的差异,探讨其与临床各指标的相关性。结果 RA疾病高活动组PLT水平明显高于中低活动与正常对照组(P=0.000)。3组间TNF-α、IL-1β计量值分布有显著差异(P〈0.05)。根据平均秩次推断,RA疾病高活动组TNF-α、IL-1β中位数分别为[2.97(1.87,13.53)、0.95(0.55,5.47)]pg/ml,中低活动组中位数分别为[2.78(1.91,8.18)、0.72(0.57,5.14)]pg/ml,均显著高于正常对照组(P〈0.01),而高活动组与中低活动组之间TNF-α或IL-1β比较计量值分布无统计学差异。PLT与关节压痛数、关节肿胀数、晨僵、VAS、DAS28(4)、CRP及ESR均呈显著正相关(P〈0.01),而TNF-α与关节压痛数、VAS、DAS28(4)及ESR呈正相关(P〈0.05),IL-1β仅与ESR相关(r=0.179,P=0.001)。PLT、TNF-α及IL-1β均与CCP、RF、GPI无相关性(P〉0.05)。结论 PLT及TNF-α可作为RA疾病活动度的灵敏指标之一,IL-1β在一定程度上反应炎症活动程度。
Objective To investigate the correlation between disease activity and the levels of inflammatory factors including blood platelet,tumor necrosis factor-α(TNF-α),and interleukin-1β(IL-1β) in rheumatoid arthritis(RA) patients.Methods Laboratory indexes including erythrocyte sedimentation rate(ESR),C-reactive protein(CRP) level,platelet count(PLT),and rheumatoid factor(RF) level of 363 RA patients were collected by conventional method.The expression of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptides(anti-CCP),glucose-6-phosphate isomerase(GPI),TNF-α,and IL-1β in serum was determined by ELISA.The RA patients were divided into high-disease activity group and moderate/low-disease activity group according to their DAS28(4) ESR scores.The differences between the two groups and a control group in terms of PLT,TNF-α and IL-1β were analyzed to explore the correlation between disease activity and clinical indexes.Results The PLT in the high-disease activity group was significantly higher than those in the moderate/low-disease activity group and control group(P=0.000).There were significant differences among the three groups in terms of TNF-α and IL-1β level distributions(P0.05).According to mean rank order,the medians of TNF-α and IL-1β levels were [2.97(1.87,13.53)] pg/ml and [0.95(0.55,5.47)] pg/ml in high-disease activity group and [2.78(1.91,8.18)] pg/ml and [0.72(0.57,5.14)] pg/ml in moderate/low-disease activity group,both higher than those in control group(P0.01).There was no significant difference between high-disease activity group and moderate/low-disease activity group in terms of TNF-α and IL-1β level distributions.PLT had positive correlations with tender joint counts,swelling joint counts,morning stiffness,VAS,DAS28(4) ESR,CRP,and ESR(P0.01).TNF-α had positive correlations with tender joint counts,VAS,DAS28(4) ESR,and ESR(P0.05).IL-1β had positive correlation with ESR(r=0.179,P=0.001) only.None of PLT,TNF-α,and IL-1β wa