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Antitumour necrosis factor-α therapy modulates angiopoietin-2 serum levels in non-diabetic ankylosing spondylitis patients

https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-203169

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    • FG and JAM-F contributed equally. MAG-G and JL shared senior authorship in this study.

    • Contributors FG performed the study, contributed to the elaboration of the protocol of study, helped in the interpretation of data and in the elaboration of the manuscript. JAM-F recruited patients for the study, contributed to the elaboration of the protocol of study, helped in the interpretation of data and the elaboration of the manuscript. RL-M, BC-L, RO, JR, CG-J and RB helped in the interpretation of data and contributed to the elaboration of the manuscript. JL contributed to the elaboration of the protocol of study, helped in the interpretation of data and the elaboration of the manuscript and performed the statistical analysis. MAG-G recruited patients for the study, contributed to the elaboration of the protocol of study, helped in the interpretation of data and was responsible of the final drafting and elaboration of the manuscript.

    • Funding This study was supported by grants from ‘Fondo de Investigaciones Sanitarias’ PI06/0024, PS09/00748 and PI12/00060 (Spain). This work was also partially supported by RETICS Program, RD08/0075 and RD12/0009/0013 (RIER) from ‘Instituto de Salud Carlos III’ (ISCIII) (Spain).

    • Competing interests None.

    • Patient consent Obtained.

    • Ethics approval Local institutional committee.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.