Article
Influence of IL6R gene polymorphisms in the effectiveness to treatment with tocilizumab in rheumatoid arthritis.
The pharmacogenomics journal - 1 Jan 2018
Maldonado-Montoro M, Cañadas-Garre M, González-Utrilla A, Ángel Calleja-Hernández M
Abstract excerpt
In the present study, we aimed to investigate the influence of clinical parameters and single-nucleotide polymorphisms of interleukin-6 receptor (rs12083537, rs2228145, rs4329505 and rs11265618) on response to tocilizumab, TCZ (European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) response, remission, low disease activity (LDA) and improvement of DAS28). We performed a retrospective cohort study in patients with Rheumatoid...
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