Inadequately low serum levels of steroid hormones in relation to interleukin-6 and tumor necrosis factor in untreated patients with early rheumatoid arthritis and reactive arthritis

Arthritis and Rheumatism
Rainer H StraubMarjatta Leirisalo-Repo

Abstract

To compare levels of steroid hormones in relation to cytokines and to study levels of cortisol or dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in relation to other adrenal hormones in untreated patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and reactive arthritis (ReA) compared with healthy controls. In a retrospective study with 34 RA patients, 46 ReA patients, and 112 healthy subjects, we measured serum levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor (TNF), adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), cortisol, 17-hydroxyprogesterone (17-OH-progesterone), androstenedione (ASD), DHEA, and DHEA sulfate (DHEAS). RA patients had higher serum levels of IL-6, TNF, cortisol, and DHEA compared with ReA patients and healthy subjects, but no difference was noticed with respect to ACTH and DHEAS. However, in RA and ReA patients compared with healthy subjects, levels of ACTH, cortisol, ASD, DHEAS, and 17-OH-progesterone were markedly lower in relation to levels of IL-6 and TNF. Furthermore, the number of swollen joints correlated inversely with the ratio of serum cortisol to serum IL-6 in RA (R(Rank) = -0.582, P = 0.001) and, to a lesser extent, in ReA (R(Rank) = -0.417, P = 0.011). In RA patients, the mean grip strength of both hands was positively correl...Continue Reading

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