Can anyone please explain why Serum ACE is elevated in Sarcoidosis?
ACE activity is increased in sarcoidosis, a systemic granulomatous disease that commonly affects the lungs. In sarcoidosis, ACE is thought to be produced by epithelioid cells and macrophages of the granuloma.
Serum ACE also appears to reflect the activity of the disease so we can estimate the severity or response to treatment..
You mean : Higher the ACE level , more the disease severity?
Yes.. Higher the level more the severity.
Got it . Thank yoh!
Both TB and sarcoidosis has increased levels of Adenosine Deaminase but Sarcoidosis can be distinguished from tuberculosis by serum ACE levels (In tuberculosis, decreased levels of serum ACE.)
Woah.
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