Monomeric CRP is Elevated in Patients with COPD Compared to Non-COPD Control Persons

Revathy Munuswamy,1,* Jana De Brandt,2,* Chris Burtin,2 Wim Derave,3 Joseph Aumann,4 Martijn A Spruit,5,6,* Luc Michiels1,* 1Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Biomedical Research Institute BIOMED, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium; 2Faculty of Rehabilitation S...

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Autores principales: Munuswamy R, De Brandt J, Burtin C, Derave W, Aumann J, Spruit MA, Michiels L
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:702f89a8cf074e5ab0c42dfa33f7eaf72021-12-02T19:11:49ZMonomeric CRP is Elevated in Patients with COPD Compared to Non-COPD Control Persons1178-7031https://doaj.org/article/702f89a8cf074e5ab0c42dfa33f7eaf72021-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/monomeric-crp-is-elevated-in-patients-with-copd-compared-to-non-copd-c-peer-reviewed-fulltext-article-JIRhttps://doaj.org/toc/1178-7031Revathy Munuswamy,1,* Jana De Brandt,2,* Chris Burtin,2 Wim Derave,3 Joseph Aumann,4 Martijn A Spruit,5,6,* Luc Michiels1,* 1Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Biomedical Research Institute BIOMED, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium; 2Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rehabilitation Research Center REVAL, Biomedical Research Institute BIOMED, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium; 3Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; 4Department of Pneumology, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium; 5Department of Research and Development, CIRO, Horn, the Netherlands; 6Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht, the Netherlands*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Luc Michiels Email luc.michiels@uhasselt.beAbstract: Chronic low-grade systemic inflammation is frequently observed in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), e.g., elevated pentameric CRP (pCRP). However, pCRP can dissociate to form monomeric CRP (mCRP) which exhibits a clear pro-inflammatory behaviour in contrast to the more anti-inflammatory properties of pCRP. Therefore, mCRP may be an informative biomarker to demonstrate chronic low-grade systemic inflammation. This was confirmed by analysing serum samples from 38 patients with COPD and 18 non-COPD control persons (NCCP). mCRP was significantly elevated in patients with COPD vs. NCCP, indicating that mCRP might be considered as a new sensitive marker of chronic low-grade systemic inflammation.Keywords: COPD, low-grade systemic inflammation, pCRP, mCRPMunuswamy RDe Brandt JBurtin CDerave WAumann JSpruit MAMichiels LDove Medical Pressarticlecopdlow-grade systemic inflammationpcrpmcrpPathologyRB1-214Therapeutics. PharmacologyRM1-950ENJournal of Inflammation Research, Vol Volume 14, Pp 4503-4507 (2021)
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topic copd
low-grade systemic inflammation
pcrp
mcrp
Pathology
RB1-214
Therapeutics. Pharmacology
RM1-950
spellingShingle copd
low-grade systemic inflammation
pcrp
mcrp
Pathology
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Therapeutics. Pharmacology
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Munuswamy R
De Brandt J
Burtin C
Derave W
Aumann J
Spruit MA
Michiels L
Monomeric CRP is Elevated in Patients with COPD Compared to Non-COPD Control Persons
description Revathy Munuswamy,1,* Jana De Brandt,2,* Chris Burtin,2 Wim Derave,3 Joseph Aumann,4 Martijn A Spruit,5,6,* Luc Michiels1,* 1Faculty of Medicine and Life Sciences, Biomedical Research Institute BIOMED, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium; 2Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Rehabilitation Research Center REVAL, Biomedical Research Institute BIOMED, Hasselt University, Hasselt, Belgium; 3Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; 4Department of Pneumology, Jessa Hospital, Hasselt, Belgium; 5Department of Research and Development, CIRO, Horn, the Netherlands; 6Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, NUTRIM School of Nutrition and Translational Research in Metabolism, Maastricht, the Netherlands*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Luc Michiels Email luc.michiels@uhasselt.beAbstract: Chronic low-grade systemic inflammation is frequently observed in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), e.g., elevated pentameric CRP (pCRP). However, pCRP can dissociate to form monomeric CRP (mCRP) which exhibits a clear pro-inflammatory behaviour in contrast to the more anti-inflammatory properties of pCRP. Therefore, mCRP may be an informative biomarker to demonstrate chronic low-grade systemic inflammation. This was confirmed by analysing serum samples from 38 patients with COPD and 18 non-COPD control persons (NCCP). mCRP was significantly elevated in patients with COPD vs. NCCP, indicating that mCRP might be considered as a new sensitive marker of chronic low-grade systemic inflammation.Keywords: COPD, low-grade systemic inflammation, pCRP, mCRP
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author Munuswamy R
De Brandt J
Burtin C
Derave W
Aumann J
Spruit MA
Michiels L
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title Monomeric CRP is Elevated in Patients with COPD Compared to Non-COPD Control Persons
title_short Monomeric CRP is Elevated in Patients with COPD Compared to Non-COPD Control Persons
title_full Monomeric CRP is Elevated in Patients with COPD Compared to Non-COPD Control Persons
title_fullStr Monomeric CRP is Elevated in Patients with COPD Compared to Non-COPD Control Persons
title_full_unstemmed Monomeric CRP is Elevated in Patients with COPD Compared to Non-COPD Control Persons
title_sort monomeric crp is elevated in patients with copd compared to non-copd control persons
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