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. 2024 Feb 9;10(1):e003579. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2023-003579

Table 2.

Overview of the included non-invasive biomarkers of anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis-related disease activity and/or organ damage

Blood-based biomarkers of disease activity Urinary biomarkers of disease activity
ANCAs
  • MPO-ANCA


Circulating immune cells
  • CD5+ B cells

  • CD14++ CD16+ intermediate monocytes


Complement factors
  • CFH

  • sC5B-9

  • C5a

  • C3a

  • Bb


Gene expression profiles
  • Granulocyte multigene composite score and neutrophil module


Others
  • MMP-3

  • CXCL13

  • TIMP-1

  • Interleukin-6

  • Interleukin-8

  • Interleukin-15

  • IL-18BP

  • Chitinase-3-like 1 protein

  • Soluble programmed cell death protein 1

  • Sphingosine-1-phosphate

  • Tissue factor

  • sCD25

Complement factors
  • sC5B-9

  • C5a

  • C3a

  • Bb

  • C1q

  • MBL


Others
  • sCD163

  • sCD25

  • Epidermal growth factor

  • CD3+ and regulatory T cell counts

Blood-based biomarkers of organ damage Urinary biomarkers of organ damage
  • Endotrophin

  • CCL2

  • Endotrophin

  • Mitochondrial DNA

ANCA, anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody .Bb, factor B (Bb); CFH, complement factor H; IL, interleukin; MPO, myeloperoxidase.sC5b-9, soluble (s)C5b-9.