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Научное обозрение. Медицинские науки
ISSN 2500-0780
ПИ №ФС77-57452
ISSN 2500-0780
ПИ №ФС77-57452
IMPACT OF INFLIXIMAB ON GROWTH FACTOR LEVEL AND VASCULATURE REMODELING IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
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This article presents the results of research of serum levels of growth factors (VEGF-A, TGF-β1, FGF) and vasculature rigidity parameters in 54 patients with the Jg M-RF-seronegative variant of rheumatoid arthritis against the background of treatment with infliximab. Increase of serum levels of VEGF-A, TGF-β1, FGF was determined in examined patients compared to the control group. Disturbances of arterial vasculature structural-functional properties were also found out – all examined patients with RA had a significant decrease of pulse wave transmission time (РТТ), increase of rigidity and augmentation indices, as well as of pulse wave transmission velocity. It was determined that arterial vasculature rigidity correlated with serum levels of growth factors in the blood serum of examined patients with RA. Treatment with infliximab is accompanied by significant decrease of serum levels of VEGF-A, TGF-β1, FGF and decrease of vasculature rigidity in patients with RA.