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Association of anti-CCP positivity and carriage of TNFRII susceptibility variant with anti-TNF-α response in rheumatoid arthritis.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Vasilopoulos Y, Bagiatis V, Stamatopoulou D, Zisopoulos D, Alexiou I, Sarafidou T, Settas L, Sakkas L, Mamouris Z
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the possible influence of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF), TNF receptor I (TNFRI) and TNF receptor II (TNFRII) gene polymorphisms on anti-TNF treatment responsiveness, stratified by autoantibody status. METHODS: A Greek multi-centre collaboration was established to recruit a cohort of patients (n=100) with active RA treated with anti-TNF drugs. TNF g.-238G>A (rs361525), g.-308G>A...
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