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Imbalance between endothelial injury and repair in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica: improvement with corticosteroid treatment.

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OBJECTIVES:Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is a rheumatic disease that is characterized by intense activation of systemic inflammation. Systemic inflammation has been associated with an imbalance between endothelial injury and repair, defined by an increased number of circulating endothelial microparticles (EMPs) and a reduced number of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). We investigated the association between inflammation and endothelial injury and repair in patients with PMR and evaluated the effects of corticosteroid therapy on EMP and EPC levels. DESIGN, SETTING AND SUBJECTS:We conducted a case-control study in 34 patients with never-treated active PMR and 34 healthy age- and sex-matched controls. Patients with PMR participated in a 1-month intervention open-label study with corticosteroid therapy. Circulating EMPs (CD31+/CD42-) and EPCs (CD34+/KDR+) were quantified by fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis. RESULTS:Patients with PMR had an increased EMP/EPC ratio compared with controls [median (IQR): 6.5 (3.0-11.5) vs. 1.1 (0.7-1.5), P < 0.001], because of both increased EMP and reduced EPC levels. Levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) were associated with an increased EMP/EPC ratio (β = 0.48, P = 0.001), irrespective of traditional cardiovascular risk factors. Corticosteroid therapy led to a significant CRP reduction [from 3.9 (1.5-6.7) to 0.6 (0.2-1.2) mg dL(-1) , P < 0.05], paralleled by a consistent 81% decline in the EMP/EPC ratio. CRP and EMP/EPC ratio reductions were significantly correlated (rho = 0.37, P = 0.04). CONCLUSIONS:Polymyalgia rheumatica is associated with a significant imbalance between endothelial injury and repair, which is dependent on the degree of systemic inflammation. Attenuation of inflammation by short-term corticosteroid therapy might have a role in limiting endothelial fragmentation and promote endothelial repair.

journal_name

J Intern Med

journal_title

Journal of internal medicine

authors

Pirro M,Bocci EB,Di Filippo F,Schillaci G,Mannarino MR,Bagaglia F,Gerli R,Mannarino E

doi

10.1111/j.1365-2796.2011.02510.x

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2012-08-01 00:00:00

pages

177-84

issue

eissn

0954-6820

issn

1365-2796

journal_volume

272

pub_type

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Imbalance between endothelial injury and repair in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica: improvement with corticosteroid treatment.