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MODERN RHEUMATOLOGY
Volume 26, Issue 1, Pages 3-8Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.3109/14397595.2015.1069459
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Autoinflammatory diseases; CAPS; Fatigue; IL-1 beta; IL-1 inhibitors
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Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes (CAPS) is a rare group of autoinflammatory disorders that includes familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome or FCAS, Muckle-wells syndrome or MWS, and neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease or NOMID. CAPS is caused by a mutation in the NOD-like receptor family, pyrin domain containing 3 (NLRP3) gene. This ultimately leads to increased production of interleukin (IL)-1. IL-1 is a biologically active member of the IL-1 family. It is not only a pro-inflammatory cytokine responsible for features such as fever, rash, and arthritis, but is also a major mediator in the central pathways of fatigue. Fatigue is a major component of CAPS and is associated with severely compromised quality of life. In clinical studies, fatigue was measured using functional assessment of chronic illness therapy-fatigue or FACIT-F and short form-36 or SF-36, physical component score instruments. These questionnaires can also be used to monitor improvement of fatigue following initiation of therapy. IL-1 inhibitors block the IL-1 signaling cascade, thereby preventing systemic inflammation in CAPS. The decrease in systemic inflammation is accompanied by improvement in fatigue.
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