Abstract
Juvenile Paget's disease (JPD) is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder featuring markedly increased serum alkaline phosphatase activity, indicative of greatly accelerated bone turnover throughout the skeleton. The main aim of this study was to evaluate circulating periostin and sclerostin levels in two adult patients with mild JPD (due to "Balkan" mutation). We measured periostin and sclerostin levels in a previously described woman and a newly diagnosed man with JPD, and 10 apparently healthy individuals, matched (1:5) to JPD patients for gender, age and body mass index. Sclerostin levels were similar between JPD patients and controls. Periostin levels were about 2.5 times higher in JPD patients. Periostin and sclerostin levels were negatively correlated (rs= -0.63; p=0.03). In conclusion, a trend towards higher periostin levels was observed in JPD patients, whereas sclerostin levels were similar to controls.
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