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SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL & LABORATORY INVESTIGATION
Volume 61, Issue 6, Pages 491-501Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS AS
DOI: 10.1080/00365510152567130
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bone metabolism; PTH; rheumatoid arthritis
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Objective: To evaluate the influence of inflammatory activity and glucocorticoid (GC) treatment on serum parathyroid hormone (s-PTH) and bone metabolism in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Furthermore, in patients with active RA, to examine the PTH secretion and Ca2+ set point before and after treatment with GC. Methods: A range of biochemical markers of bone metabolism and calcium homeostasis were measured in 95 patients with definite RA stratified into groups according to disease activity and GC treatment. In a subgroup of 12 patients with active disease, initiating slow-acting-anti-rheumatic-drugs (SAARDs) +/- GC. the PTH secretion and calcium set point were evaluated by use of the Cica clamp technique before and after 1 month of treatment. Results: S-osteocalcin, s-total alkaline phosphatase (s-TAP) and s-carboxyterminal crosslinked telopeptide of type I collagen (s-ICTP) were elevated in all groups. The levels of urine pyridinoline (Pyr) and s-albumin-corrected calcium (s-AlbCorrCa(2+)) were elevated in patients with active disease and patients treated with GC. S-PTH and s-phosphate were within normal ranges. S-TAP, s-ICTP. Pyr and s-AlbCorrCa(2+) correlated positively with indices of disease activity. In the subgroups undergoing the Cica clamp technique, no difference in PTH responsiveness of B-Ca2+ was unveiled. Conclusion: Neither active disease nor GC therapy appears to induce secondary hyperparathyroidism, nor is there an alteration in PTH responsiveness of B-Ca2+ in patients with RA. The increased levels of markers of type I collagen metabolism (s-ICTP, Pyr) and s-AlbCorrCa(2+) in patients with active disease and patients treated with GC may be a result of increased degradation in synovium. cartilage and bone due to the inflammatory process.
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