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Assessment of Surrogate Markers for Cardiovascular Disease in Familial Mediterranean Fever-Related Amyloidosis Patients Homozygous for M694V Mutation in MEFV Gene
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  • Sezgin Sahin, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa
  • Micol Romano, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
  • Ferhat Guzel
  • David Piskin, London Health Sciences Centre
  • Dimitri Poddighe, Nazarbayev University School of Medicine
  • Siren Sezer, Atilim University
  • Ozgur Kasapcopur, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa
  • C. Thomas Appleton, Western University
  • Ilker Yilmaz, Epigenetic Health Solutions
  • Erkan Demirkaya, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-1-2022
URL with Digital Object Identifier
10.3390/life12050631
Abstract

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains underestimated in familial Mediterranean fever-associated AA amyloidosis (FMF-AA). We aimed to compare early markers of endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis in FMF-AA with a homozygous M694V mutation (Group 1 = 76 patients) in the Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene and in patients with other genotypes (Group 2 = 93 patients). Measures of increased risk for future CVD events and endothelial dysfunction, including flow-mediated dilatation (FMD), pentraxin-3 (PTX3), and carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT), and fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) as a marker of atherosclerotic vascular disease were compared between groups. The frequency of clinical FMF manifestations did not differ between the two groups apart from arthritis (76.3% in Group 1 and 59.1% in Group 2, p < 0.05). FMD was significantly lower in Group 1 when compared with Group 2 (MD [95% CI]: −0.6 [(−0.89)–(−0.31)]). cIMT, FGF23, and PTX3 levels were higher in Group 1 (cIMT MD [95% CI]: 0.12 [0.08–0.16]; FGF23 MD [95% CI]: 12.8 [5.9–19.6]; PTX3 MD [95% CI]: 13.3 [8.9–17.5]). In patients with FMF-AA, M694V homozygosity is associated with lower FMD values and higher cIMT, FGF23, and PTX3 levels, suggesting increased CVD risk profiles. These data suggest that a genotype–phenotype association exists in terms of endothelial dysfunction and atherosclerosis in patients with FMF-AA.

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Sezgin Sahin, Micol Romano, Ferhat Guzel, David Piskin, et al.. "Assessment of Surrogate Markers for Cardiovascular Disease in Familial Mediterranean Fever-Related Amyloidosis Patients Homozygous for M694V Mutation in MEFV Gene" Life Vol. 12 Iss. 5 (2022)
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