... 1Research articleRole of resistin as a marker of inflammation in systemic lupus erythematosusKatarina Almehed, Helena Forsblad d'Elia, Maria Bokarewa and Hans CarlstenDepartment of Rheumatology ... fully established. There is evidencethat resistin has proinflammatory properties and is abundant in inflammatory diseases (for instance, rheumatoid arthritis (RA)[4] and Crohn disease [5]) and ... Osawa H, Tabara Y, Kawamoto R, Ohashi J, Ochi M, Onuma H,Nishida W, Yamada K, Nakura J, Kohara K, Miki T, Makino H:Plasma resistin, associated with single nucleotide polymor-phism -420, is...