Article
Autoantibodies to lipocortin-1 are associated with impaired glucocorticoid responsiveness in rheumatoid arthritis.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Nov 1992
Podgorski M R, Goulding N J, Hall N D, Flower R J, Maddison P J
Abstract excerpt
Autoantibodies to the antiinflammatory protein lipocortin-1 have been found in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) receiving oral glucocorticoids. The highest antibody titers correlated with a requirement for high maintenance doses of steroid (> 7.5 mg/day prednisolone). Forty-two patients wi...
Topics
- Aged
- Annexin A1
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid
- Autoantibodies
- Female
- Glucocorticoids
- Humans
- Hydrocortisone
- Immunoglobulin G
- Immunoglobulin M
- Injections, Intravenous
- Leukocytes
- Male
- Methylprednisolone
- Middle Aged
- Phenotype
