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Adenosine Deaminase Gene Polymorphism and Baseline Serum Level of Adenosine Deaminase as a Biomarker of Response to Methotrexate in Rheumatoid Arthritis.
Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases - 1 Dec 2021
Gangadharan Harikrishnan, Singh Ankita, Majumder Sanjukta, Aggarwal Amita
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BACKGROUND: Methotrexate (MTX) is the first-line therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), but nearly 30% of RA patients do not respond to it. Methotrexate acts by enhancing the level of adenosine, which gets converted to inosine by the enzyme adenosine deaminase (ADA). We studied whether ADA gene polymorphism and serum levels of total ADA are associated with responsiveness to MTX. METHODS: Two hundred seven...
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