PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - J P Camilleri
AU  - N Amos
AU  - B D Williams
AU  - P Emery
AU  - L A Williams
AU  - J D Jessop
TI  - Serum soluble interleukin 2 receptor levels and radiological progression in early rheumatoid arthritis.
DP  - 2001 Dec 01
TA  - The Journal of Rheumatology
PG  - 2576--2578
VI  - 28
IP  - 12
4099  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/28/12/2576.short
4100  - http://www.jrheum.org/content/28/12/2576.full
SO  - J Rheumatol2001 Dec 01; 28
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between serum soluble interleukin 2 receptor (sIL-2R) levels and radiological changes in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS: sIL-2R levels from 155 patients with active RA were measured by immunoassay over a 2 year period and the associations with radiological change and other measures of disease activity were analyzed. RESULTS: The area under the curve for sIL-2R is weakly associated with the change in the modified Larsen score over a 2 year period; this is weaker than the association of radiological change with serum C-reactive protein. CONCLUSION: We found no significant association of sIL-2R levels with erosive change in early RA.