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ArticleACR open rheumatology2023

Peripheral Blood Biomarkers for Rheumatoid Arthritis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease: A Systematic Review.

Daniel Van Kalsbeek, Rebecca Brooks, Dawson Shaver, Ariadne Ebel, Daniel Hershberger, Cynthia Schmidt, Jill A Poole, Dana P Ascherman, Geoffrey M Thiele, Ted R Mikuls and 1 more

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Article in ACR open rheumatology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Daniel Van KalsbeekUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5813-7315
Rebecca BrooksUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
Dawson ShaverUniversity Health Care System, Augusta, Georgia.
Ariadne EbelUniversity of Colorado Health, Greely.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2134-8690
Daniel HershbergerUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
Cynthia SchmidtUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
Jill A PooleUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha.
Dana P AschermanUniversity of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1387-0860
Geoffrey M ThieleUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center and Department of Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha.
Ted R MikulsUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center and Department of Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0897-2272
Bryant R EnglandUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center and Department of Veterans Affairs Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System, Omaha.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9649-3588
University of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

Tracking and Evaluation CoreU54GM115458 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI ZHANG, YING · 2016 to 2025
$42.8M
NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM115458
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBiomarkers have been proposed as tools to aid in the identification and prognostication of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). We performed a systematic review of studies evaluating peripheral blood biomarkers and their association with RA-ILD and its prognosis.

methodsMedline, Embase, the Cochrane Library, and Scopus were queried for relevant studies, with the final search update on July 12, 2021. We included studies evaluating peripheral blood biomarkers for the identification and/or prognostication of RA-ILD, extracting the performance of individual biomarkers for identifying RA-ILD, and predicting prognosis. Modified versions of the Quality Assessment of Diagnostic Accuracy Studies 2 and the Quality in Prognosis Studies tools were used for quality assessment.

resultsSeventy studies met eligibility criteria. Study and patient characteristics, analytical methods, strength and consistency of associations, and study quality were heterogeneous. A total of 92 biomarkers were positively associated and 12 were negatively associated with RA-ILD among patients with RA in one or more report. Only a small number of biomarkers were evaluated in multiple cohorts using adjusted analyses. Biomarkers most strongly associated with RA-ILD overlapped with those identified for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis. Few prognostic biomarkers of RA-ILD were identified.

conclusionSeveral peripheral blood biomarkers are associated with the presence of RA-ILD, but few have been assessed in multivariable models, have been externally validated, have discriminated RA-ILD from other lung disease, or have prognosticated the disease course. High-quality studies investigating and validating peripheral biomarkers in RA-ILD are needed before they can be employed in clinical care.

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PMID36852564
PMCPMC10100703
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