Increased asymmetric dimethylarginine levels in young men with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF): is it early evidence of interaction between inflammation and endothelial dysfunction in FMF? - Concepedia

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Increased asymmetric dimethylarginine levels in young men with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF): is it early evidence of interaction between inflammation and endothelial dysfunction in FMF?

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2008

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Hakan Terekeci, Çağatay Öktenli, Taner Özgürtaş, Selim Nalbant, Cihan Top, Serkan Çelik, Serkan Tapan, Yaşar Küçükardalı, Yavuz Sanısoğlu, Emrullah Solmazgül,

Abstract

Our data imply that higher serum ADMA levels in FMF may indicate inflammation-related "endothelial dysfunction." It seems likely that regular use of colchicine is effective in preventing the development of and reversing not only amyloidosis but also endothelial dysfunction in patients with FMF.