Increase in significantly predicts the clinical parameters in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

This study investigated deregulation of lncRNAs and their associations with clinical parameters in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). LncRNAs were quantified from peripheral blood mono-nuclear cells (PBMCs) and plasma of 82 RA patients with 15 matched controls and from knee fluid of 24 RA patients with ten osteoarthritis controls. Multivariate analyses were performed among lncRNAs and clinical parameters of RA.