Multiple serum biomarkers associate with mortality and interstitial lung disease progression in systemic sclerosis

© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology..

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the prognostic utility of 28 serum biomarkers in systemic sclerosis (SSc), SSc-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) and clinically relevant disease subgroups.

METHODS: Participants with sera, high-resolution computed tomography, and lung function within 12 months of baseline were identified from the Australian Scleroderma Cohort Study. Baseline was the time of serum collection. 27 of the prespecified 28 serum biomarkers were analysed and biomarker associations with mortality and ILD progression were investigated in univariable and multivariable analyses, including within disease subgroups and combined with established risk factors for poorer prognosis in SSc.

RESULTS: 407 participants were identified, 252 (61.9%) with SSc-ILD. The median follow up after biomarker measurement was 6.31 (3.11-9.22) years. 16 biomarkers were associated with increased mortality. High levels of VCAM-1 were most strongly associated with mortality (HR 3.55; 95%CI 2.37-5.33; p< 0.001). Five additional biomarkers had a HR > 2: SP-D (2.28, 1.57-3.31; p< 0.001), E-selectin (2.19; 1.53-3.14; p< 0.001), IL-6 (2.15 1.50-3.09; p< 0.001), MMP3 (1.42-2.95; p< 0.001) and ET-1 (2.03, 1.40-2.92; p< 0.001). 11 biomarkers were independently associated with mortality following adjustment for sex, age and baseline forced vital capacity (FVC%predicted). Three biomarkers were associated with ILD progression at one year follow up: CXCL4 (OR 2.67, 1.46-4.88; p= 0.001), MMP-1 (2.56, 1.43-4.59; p= 0.002) and ET-1 (2.18, 1.24-3.83; p= 0.007).

CONCLUSION: Multiple biomarkers, especially VCAM-1, E-Selectin, SP-D and CXCL4, provide prognostic utility beyond that of established risk factors for patients with SSc.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - (2024) vom: 15. Feb.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Parker, Mattthew James Sinclair [VerfasserIn]
Jee, Adelle S [VerfasserIn]
Hansen, Dylan [VerfasserIn]
Proudman, Susanna [VerfasserIn]
Youssef, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Kenna, Tony J [VerfasserIn]
Stevens, Wendy [VerfasserIn]
Nikpour, Mandana [VerfasserIn]
Sahhar, Joanne [VerfasserIn]
Corte, Tamera J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

CXCL4
E-Selectin
FVC
Journal Article
Prognosis
SP-D
Scleroderma
VCAM-1

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Date Revised 17.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1093/rheumatology/keae110

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NLM368566943