Anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) α treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (infliximab) selectively down regulates the production of interleukin (IL) 18 but not of IL12 and IL13

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 723-725

  Pittoni, V ^a   Bombardieri, M ^a   Spinelli, F R ^a   Scrivo, R ^a   Alessandri, C ^a   Conti, F ^a   Spadaro, A ^a   Valesini, Guido ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; INFLIXIMAB; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 13; INTERLEUKIN 18; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFUSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIRHEUMATIC AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; DOWN-REGULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-13; INTERLEUKIN-18; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035997487     PISSN: 00034967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/ard.61.8.723     Document Type: Article

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