Research Article

Systemic Proteomic Analysis Reveals Distinct Exosomal Protein Profiles in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 1

Demographic and clinical data of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and healthy controls.

ParameterRA patients ()Normal controls ()Normal range

Age (years; )
Sex (males/females)2/42/4
Disease duration (months)/
Rheumatoid factor (RF)/0-15.9 IU/ml
Anticyclic citrullinated peptide antibody (ACPA)/<17 U/ml
Tender joint count/
Swollen joint count/
White blood cell (WBC)
Neutrophil (N)
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR)0–20 mm/h
Serum amyloid A (SAA)0–10 mg/l
C-reactive protein (CRP)0–10 mg/l
Prealbumin (PA)220–400 ng/l

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