Abstract | PURPOSE: METHODS: Sera were obtained from 81 patients with sarcoidosis, 16 patients with Behçet disease, 40 patients with HLA-B27 associated uveitis, 50 patients with Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease, and 33 healthy volunteers. Serum SP-D levels were quantified with an SP-D enzyme immunoassay kit. RESULTS: In the healthy control subjects, the average serum SP-D level was 39.70 ng/ml; in the uveitis patients with sarcoidosis, the mean serum SP-D level was 57.0 ng/ml, and in the uveitis patients with other etiologies the mean levels were 38.63 ng/ml for Behçet disease, 38.18 ng/ml for HLA-B27 associated uveitis, and 31.32 ng/ml for the VKH patients. The average serum SP-D levels of patients with sarcoidosis were significantly higher than those of patients with any other uveitis etiologies or healthy controls (P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS:
SP-D may be a less invasive and less expensive laboratory examination for sarcoidosis screening. SP-D should be considered as a new laboratory parameter for the diagnosis of uveitis and sarcoidosis.
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Authors | Nobuyoshi Kitaichi, Mizuki Kitamura, Kenichi Namba, Susumu Ishida, Shigeaki Ohno |
Journal | Japanese journal of ophthalmology
(Jpn J Ophthalmol)
Vol. 54
Issue 1
Pg. 81-4
(Jan 2010)
ISSN: 1613-2246 [Electronic] Japan |
PMID | 20151281
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Chemical References |
- Biomarkers
- Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein D
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
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Topics |
- Biomarkers
(blood)
- Eye Diseases
(blood)
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Peptidyl-Dipeptidase A
(blood)
- Pulmonary Surfactant-Associated Protein D
(blood)
- Sarcoidosis
(blood)
- Uveitis
(blood)
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