The relationship between the expression of monocyte CD36 and carotid plaques in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
	    		
		   		
		   			
		   		
	    	
    	 
    	10.3760/cma.j.issn.1007-7480.2017.05.002
   		
        
        	
        		- VernacularTitle:单核细胞CD36与类风湿关节炎患者动脉粥样硬化的相关性分析
 
        	
        	
        	
        		- Author:
	        		
		        		
		        		
			        		Youfan PENG
			        		
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			        		Yesheng WEI
			        		
			        		
		        		
		        		
		        		
		        		
		        		
			        		
			        		
		        		
	        		
        		 
        	
        	
        	
        	
        		- Keywords:
        			
	        			
	        				
	        				
			        		
				        		Monocyte;
			        		
			        		
			        		
				        		Arthritis,rheumatoid;
			        		
			        		
			        		
				        		Plaque,atherosclerotic
			        		
			        		
	        			
        			
        		
 
        	
            
            
            	- From:
	            		
	            			Chinese Journal of Rheumatology
	            		
	            		 2017;21(5):293-296
	            	
            	
 
            
            
            	- CountryChina
 
            
            
            	- Language:Chinese
 
            
            
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		        	Abstract:
			       	
			       		
				        
				        	Objective To discuss the relationship between monocyte CD36 expression and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients.Methods A total of 207 RA patients were divided into arteriosclerosis group and non-arteriosclerosis groups in accordance with the results of ultrasound in carotid artery,and semi-quantity score was used for cIMT in patients with RA.Risk factors of cIMT in RA patients were analyzed by Spearman correlation and Logistic regression analysis.Results C reactive protein (CRP),triglyceride (TG),tumor necrosis factor (TNF),interleukin-6 (IL-6) and monocyte CD36 expression were found to be statistically different between the two groups (P <0.05).Monocyte CD36 fluorescence intensity was negatively correlated with TNF,IL-6,CRP and cIMT in patients with RA (r=-0.344,P<0.01;r=-0.646,P<0.01;r=-0.160,P=0.021;r=-0.687,P<0.01).Logistic analysis showed that monocyte CD36 was associated with the formation of artery atheromatous plaque in patients with RA [OR=1.580,95%CI (1.057,2.36l),P<0.01].Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) curve analysis showed that monocyte CD36 fluorescence intensity was useful when the value with the area under curve was 0.926,the sensitivity and specificity was 83.7% and 82.5% respectively.Conclusion Monocyte CD36 fluorescence intensity is correlated with artery atheromatous plaque in patients with RA,monocyte CD36 fluorescence intensity may be a marker to estimate cIMT in RA patients.