Pediatric Rheumatology Online Journal (Jan 2022)

Proteomics based markers of clinical pain severity in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

  • Hanne Van Der Heijden,
  • Benoit Fatou,
  • Diana Sibai,
  • Kacie Hoyt,
  • Maria Taylor,
  • Kin Cheung,
  • Jordan Lemme,
  • Mariesa Cay,
  • Benjamin Goodlett,
  • Jeffery Lo,
  • Melissa M. Hazen,
  • Olha Halyabar,
  • Esra Meidan,
  • Rudy Schreiber,
  • Camilo Jaimes,
  • Kirsten Ecklund,
  • Lauren A. Henderson,
  • Margaret H. Chang,
  • Peter A. Nigrovic,
  • Robert P. Sundel,
  • Hanno Steen,
  • Jaymin Upadhyay

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12969-022-00662-1
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Highlights In the current preliminary study, serum proteins associated with pain severity were identified in JIA patients. Pain-associated proteins had functional roles predominantly in immune or inflammatory processes. Correlations of pain-associated proteins with ESR and altered CNS morphology were also observed with ESR and altered CNS morphology were also observed. Larger-scale as well as longitudinal studies are needed to determine if evaluation of the proteome may provide a platform for identifying novel analgesic targets in JIA.

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