TY - JOUR T1 - Serum soluble interleukin 2 receptor levels and radiological progression in early rheumatoid arthritis. JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 2576 LP - 2578 VL - 28 IS - 12 AU - J P Camilleri AU - N Amos AU - B D Williams AU - P Emery AU - L A Williams AU - J D Jessop Y1 - 2001/12/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/28/12/2576.abstract N2 - 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. ER -