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Elevated serum soluble CD44 level in sarcoidosis.

I Kasuga1, K Minemura, H Nasu

  • 1First Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Medical University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 160-0023, Japan.

International Journal of Molecular Medicine
|November 18, 2000
PubMed
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Soluble CD44 (sCD44) levels are significantly elevated in the serum of sarcoidosis patients compared to healthy individuals. This finding suggests sCD44 may serve as a novel biomarker for sarcoidosis diagnosis and understanding its immunologic basis.

Area of Science:

  • Immunology
  • Pulmonology
  • Biochemistry

Background:

  • Sarcoidosis is a chronic, multi-organ granulomatous disease with an unclear cause.
  • Immunologic factors are implicated in sarcoidosis pathogenesis.
  • CD44 is a lymphocyte surface marker involved in cell adhesion.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the role of soluble CD44 (sCD44) in sarcoidosis.
  • To determine serum and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) levels of sCD44 in sarcoidosis patients.
  • To explore sCD44 as a potential immunologic marker for sarcoidosis.

Main Methods:

  • Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to quantify sCD44 levels.
  • Serum sCD44 was measured in 13 sarcoidosis patients and 56 healthy controls.

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  • BALF sCD44 was measured in 11 sarcoidosis patients and 10 healthy controls.

    • Main Results:

    • Serum sCD44 levels were significantly higher in sarcoidosis patients (348.5+/-164.2 ng/ml) than in controls (145.4+/-22.9 ng/ml; p<0.001).
    • BALF sCD44 levels showed a trend towards being higher in sarcoidosis patients but did not reach statistical significance.
    • A positive correlation was observed between serum sCD44 and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) levels (r=0.78).

    Conclusions:

    • Elevated serum sCD44 levels are associated with sarcoidosis.
    • sCD44 may play a role in the immunologic processes underlying sarcoidosis.
    • sCD44 shows potential as a novel diagnostic marker for sarcoidosis.