Title : Correlation between insulin resistance and serum ghrelin in non-diabetic ankylosing spondylitis patients undergoing anti-TNF-α therapy.

Pub. Date : 2013 Nov-Dec

PMID : 23981480






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1 Correlation between insulin resistance and serum ghrelin in non-diabetic ankylosing spondylitis patients undergoing anti-TNF-alpha therapy. Ghrelin tumor necrosis factor Homo sapiens
2 OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether anti-TNF-alpha therapy (infliximab) administration alters circulating levels of ghrelin, an anti-inflammatory gastric peptide. Ghrelin tumor necrosis factor Homo sapiens
3 CONCLUSIONS: In AS patients undergoing periodical treatment with anti-TNF-alpha monoclonal antibody-infliximab a link between insulin resistance and serum ghrelin concentration was observed. Ghrelin tumor necrosis factor Homo sapiens