Also, serum TC, TG, and LDL isincreased, but amylin is decreased in BD patients compared to controls, and amylinlevel is negatively correlated with parameters of metabolic syndrome, activemanifestation, as well as corticosteroid dose, indicating that amylin could be afactor for the development of metabolic syndrome in BD patients (8). The gene discussed is IAPP; the disease is Behcet disease.