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Number and phenotype of rheumatoid arthritis patients' CD4+CD25hi regulatory T cells are not affected by adalimumab or etanercept.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Oct 2011
Blache Céline, Lequerré Thierry, Roucheux Arnaud, Beutheu Stéphanie, Dedreux Ingrid, Jacquot Serge, Le Loët Xavier, Boyer Olivier, Vittecoq Olivier
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OBJECTIVE: To analyse the therapeutic effects of etanercept (ETA) or adalimumab (ADA) on the numbers and phenotypes of CD4+CD25hi Tregs in RA patients. METHODS: RA patients received ADA (n = 28) or ETA (n = 20) and stable-dose MTX or LEF. Therapeutic responses were assessed with the 28-joint DAS (DAS-28) criteria after 12 weeks of treatment. Treg numbers and phenotypes, determined by flow cytometry using...
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