PMID: 9159534Apr 1, 1997Paper

High prolactin and low dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate serum levels in patients with severe systemic sclerosis

British Journal of Rheumatology
R H StraubB Lang

Abstract

The aim was to determine serum levels of prolactin (PRL) and dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS), and to demonstrate a link between PRL or DHEAS and soluble immune mediators in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) with different degrees of disease-induced organ involvement. Thirty-one patients with SSc were studied to evaluate 18 possible disease manifestations. In the serum, PRL, DHEAS and soluble immune mediators were determined by ELISA. Compared to SSc with <9 disease manifestations, patients with > or =9 disease manifestations had higher PRL (P = 0.044), higher soluble interleukin 2 receptor (sIL-2R, P = 0.004) and vascular cell adhesion molecule (sVCAM, P = 0.044), and lower DHEAS (P = 0.029). PRL (R(Rank) = 0.490, P = 0.003) and DHEAS (R(Rank) = -0.399, P = 0.013) were significantly correlated with the number of disease manifestations. The inverse correlation between PRL and DHEAS showed a trend (P = 0.059). PRL correlated with sIL-2R (R(Rank) = 0.553, P = 0.001) and sVCAM (R(Rank) = 0.520, P = 0.002). The number of disease manifestations and sIL-2R correlated significantly (R(Rank) = 0.463, P = 0.006). Psychometric variables to examine the presence of depression were not measured, but from the general aspect, the ...Continue Reading

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