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Meta-Analysis
. 2019 Jul;48(5):490-504.
doi: 10.1080/08820139.2019.1567531. Epub 2019 Jan 28.

Serum Levels of OPG, RANKL, and RANKL/OPG Ratio in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Mengya Chen  1   2 , Xingxing Hu  1   2 , Meng Wu  1   2 , Jiajia Yang  1   2 , Renfang Han  1   2 , Yubo Ma  1   2 , Xu Zhang  1   2 , Yaping Yuan  1   2 , Rui Liu  1   2 , Mengmeng Wang  1   2 , Guangming Jiang  1   2 , Jixiang Deng  1   2 , Shengqian Xu  3 , Jianhua Xu  3 , Zongwen Shuai  3 , Faming Pan  1   2
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Meta-Analysis

Serum Levels of OPG, RANKL, and RANKL/OPG Ratio in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Mengya Chen et al. Immunol Invest. 2019 Jul.

Abstract

Objectives: To investigate the role of osteoprotegerin (OPG), receptor activator of nuclear factor-kB ligand (RANKL), and RANKL/OPG ratio in the pathogenesis of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods: Studies that compared serum levels of OPG, RANKL, and RANKL/OPG ratio between AS patients and healthy controls were gathered. Pooled standardized mean differences (SMDs) with 95% confidence intervals (CIs) were calculated by the random-effects model. Results: Twenty studies containing 1592 AS patients and 1064 healthy controls were included in this meta-analysis. Serum levels of OPG, RANKL, and RANKL/OPG ratio in AS patients were significantly higher than that in normal controls (OPG: SMD = 0.401, 95%CI = 0.026-0.777, p = 0.036; RANKL: SMD = 1.116, 95%CI = 0.510-1.723, p < 0.001; RANKL/OPG ratio: SMD = 0.691, 95%CI = 0.084-1.299, p = 0.026, respectively). Subgroup analysis suggested that Asian AS patients and patients with elevated ESR (ESR >20 mm/h) had higher serum OPG levels compared to normal controls. Asian patients, CRP >10 mg/L, ESR >20 mm/h, duration of disease ≤8 years, and BASDAI score >4 points subgroups showed increased RANKL levels compared to controls. Conclusions: Serum levels of OPG, RANKL, and RANKL/OPG ratio may be used as potential susceptible biomarkers for AS, but they could be influenced by race, inflammatory factors, and disease activity of AS patients.

Keywords: Ankylosing spondylitis; bone metabolism; meta-analysis.

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