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Evidence of a pharmacogenomic response to interleukin-l receptor antagonist in rheumatoid arthritis.
Genes and immunity - 1 Sept 2005
Camp N J, Cox A, di Giovine F S, McCabe D, Rich W, Duff G W
Abstract excerpt
Biological activity of the IL-1 system depends on the balance between two proinflammatory proteins (IL-1alpha and IL-1beta) and the related anti-inflammatory protein, the IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra). The genes for these proteins lie within 430 kb on human chromosome 2. Based on a clinical trial of human recombinant IL-1ra in rheumatoid arthritis, we tested whether IL-1 genotype might be related to the...
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