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. 2013 May;2(2):55-8.
doi: 10.5582/irdr.2013.v2.2.55.

Serum levels of leptin receptor in patients with systemic sclerosis

Yukimi Ohyoshi  1 , Takamitsu Makino  1 , Masatoshi Jinnin  1 , Wakana Nakayama  1 , Satoshi Fukushima  1 , Yuji Inoue  1 , Hironobu Ihn  1
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Serum levels of leptin receptor in patients with systemic sclerosis

Yukimi Ohyoshi et al. Intractable Rare Dis Res. 2013 May.

Abstract

Microvascular damage is one of the primary pathologic components of systemic sclerosis (SSc). Serological abnormalities of angiogenic and angiostatic factors in SSc have previously been described. Like these factors, the plasma levels of leptin were significantly elevated in patients with SSc in comparison to normal controls. However, leptin receptor has not been examined in patients with SSc. The current study used sandwich ELISA to evaluate the serum levels of leptin receptor in patients with SSc. Serum samples were obtained from 36 patients with SSc. Samples were also obtained from 12 healthy control subjects and 10 patients with scleroderma spectrum disorder (SSD) who did not fulfill the criteria for SSc but who had the potential to develop SSc. Mean serum leptin receptor levels were significantly higher in patients with SSD than in patients with SSc (255.7 ng/mL vs. 184.6 ng/mL, p < 0.05 according to a Mann-Whitney test). There were no statistically significant differences between healthy control subjects and patients with SSc. Clinical parameters were evaluated, and the frequency of esophageal reflux was significantly lower in patients with elevated serum leptin receptor levels than in those with reduced levels (6.3% vs. 35.3%, p < 0.05). In summary, these results suggest that the serum levels of leptin receptor are a clinically useful marker of SSD, and measurement of serum leptin receptor over time in patients with SSD may lead to early detection of SSc.

Keywords: ELISA; Leptin receptor; scleroderma spectrum disorder; systemic sclerosis.

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Figure 1.
Serum concentrations of leptin receptor inpatients with SSc, SSD, SLE, classical DM, CADM, and NS. SSc was classified as dsSSc or lcSSc. Serum leptin receptor levels were measured with an ELISA kit asdescribed in materials and methods. Serum leptin receptor concentrations are shown on the ordinate. Bars indicate means. A p less than 0.05 is considered significant.
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