Journal: BMC Molecular and Cell Biology
Article Title: Dysregulation of caspase-8 and caspase-9 in T-lymphocyte apoptosis: implications for pathogenesis, diagnosis, and therapeutic targeting in psoriatic arthritis
doi: 10.1186/s12860-026-00565-z
Figure Lengend Snippet: The expression of apoptotic profiles, Bcl-2 and Annexin V in control subjects and Psoriatic arthritic patients (PSA) with different disease activity scores as measured by ELISA. The results showed that bcl-2 as antiapoptotic protein was significantly decreased and Annexin V is significantly increased in PSA patients with different disease activity (mild, moderate, severe) compared to that of the control subjects. However, the change in the apoptotic markers in PSA patients with severe activity significantly higher to that of the corresponding PSA patients with mild and moderate activity as well. Data are presented as mean ± SD of three independent experiments. a p < 0.01, Statistically significant compared to the control subjects. b, c p < 0.001, Statistically significant compared to the results of control, mild, and moderate subjects by using Student’s t-test analysis
Article Snippet: In addition, the assessment of the acute-phase reactant, via the highly sensitive CRP μg/mL (hs-CRP), was carried out using commercially provided ELISA kits (IBL Inc, Cat. No.: IB59126, USA), following the manufacturer’s instructions.Moreover, inflammatory cytokines like tumor necrosis factor- (TNF-α) and interleukin-17(IL-17) were estimated by using both Quantikine Human Immunoassay ELISA kits; (R & D System, Minneapolis, USA) for TNF-α, and Diaclone SAS F-25,020 Besançon Cedex, France kit for determining the level of human IL-17 in serum samples.
Techniques: Expressing, Control, Activity Assay, Enzyme-linked Immunosorbent Assay