TY - JOUR JO - Reumatologia/Rheumatology SN - 0034-6233 VL - 54 IS - 6 PY - 2016 ID - Kopeć-Mędrek2016 TI - Calprotectin in rheumatic diseases: a review AB - Calprotectin also known as MRP8/14 or S100A8/A9 is a heterodimeric complex of two S100 calcium-binding proteins: myeloid-related protein 8 (MRP-8 or S100A8) and MRP-14 (or S100A9). At present, according to many authors, it is considered that calprotectin MRP8/14 is a potentially more sensitive biomarker of disease activity in rheumatoid disease than conventional inflammatory indices such as the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein and others. A review of the literature on concentration of calprotectin in patients with some rheumatic diseases (rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, adult-onset Still’s disease, systemic vasculitis, polymyalgia rheumatica, ankylosis spondylitis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and primary Sjögren’s syndrome) is presented. AU - Kopeć-Mędrek, Magdalena AU - Widuchowska, Małgorzata AU - J. Kucharz, Eugeniusz SP - 306 EP - 309 DA - 2016 DO - 10.5114/reum.2016.64907 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/reum.2016.64907 ER -