High YKL-40 serum levels and its expression in the muscle tissues of patients with antisynthetase syndrome
Abstract Background The protein chitinase-3-like-1 (YKL-40) is rarely analyzed in patients with myositis. Therefore, we aimed to evaluate YKL-40 serum levels; correlate them with laboratory and clinical parameters, disease status, and treatment schemes; and analyze the YKL-40 expression in the muscl...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-07-01
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Series: | Advances in Rheumatology |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s42358-021-00199-z |