Treatment with anti-TNF-alpha antibody infliximab reduces serum IL-15 levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. 2007

Yasunori Kageyama, and Masaaki Takahashi, and Eiji Torikai, and Motohiro Suzuki, and Tetsuya Ichikawa, and Tetsuyuki Nagafusa, and Yukio Koide, and Akira Nagano
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, 1-20-1 Handayama, Hamamatsu 431-3125, Japan. Tsukatonpipi@nifty.com

The aim of this study was to analyze the change of serum cytokines and pentosidine levels in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by infliximab treatment. Twenty-three patients with RA were studied for 30 weeks on the effects of infliximab treatment. Serum levels of IL-15, IL-16, IL-17, and granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF) were measured with ELISA methods and pentosidine levels were determined using high-performance liquid chromatography, both at baseline and at 14 and 30 weeks after the initial treatment with infliximab. In addition, the patients also underwent physical and routine blood examinations. The higher levels of serum IL-15 in RA patients before treatment with infliximab significantly decreased at 14 and 30 weeks after the initial treatment with infliximab, but serum IL-16, IL-17, GM-CSF, and pentosidine levels did not decrease. The serum IL-17 and GM-CSF levels remained to be a limited detectable level at the pre- and posttreatment with infliximab. Infliximab treatment significantly lowered the serum levels of IL-15 in patients with RA. IL-15 is one of the crucial cytokines affected by infliximab.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007155 Immunologic Factors Biologically active substances whose activities affect or play a role in the functioning of the immune system. Biological Response Modifier,Biomodulator,Immune Factor,Immunological Factor,Immunomodulator,Immunomodulators,Biological Response Modifiers,Biomodulators,Factors, Immunologic,Immune Factors,Immunological Factors,Modifiers, Biological Response,Response Modifiers, Biological,Factor, Immune,Factor, Immunological,Factors, Immune,Factors, Immunological,Modifier, Biological Response,Response Modifier, Biological
D008239 Lysine An essential amino acid. It is often added to animal feed. Enisyl,L-Lysine,Lysine Acetate,Lysine Hydrochloride,Acetate, Lysine,L Lysine
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000069285 Infliximab A chimeric monoclonal antibody to TNF-ALPHA that is used in the treatment of RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS and CROHN'S DISEASE. Inflectra,Infliximab-abda,Infliximab-dyyb,MAb cA2,Monoclonal Antibody cA2,Remicade,Renflexis,Antibody cA2, Monoclonal,Infliximab abda,Infliximab dyyb,cA2, Monoclonal Antibody
D000911 Antibodies, Monoclonal Antibodies produced by a single clone of cells. Monoclonal Antibodies,Monoclonal Antibody,Antibody, Monoclonal
D001120 Arginine An essential amino acid that is physiologically active in the L-form. Arginine Hydrochloride,Arginine, L-Isomer,DL-Arginine Acetate, Monohydrate,L-Arginine,Arginine, L Isomer,DL Arginine Acetate, Monohydrate,Hydrochloride, Arginine,L Arginine,L-Isomer Arginine,Monohydrate DL-Arginine Acetate
D001172 Arthritis, Rheumatoid A chronic systemic disease, primarily of the joints, marked by inflammatory changes in the synovial membranes and articular structures, widespread fibrinoid degeneration of the collagen fibers in mesenchymal tissues, and by atrophy and rarefaction of bony structures. Etiology is unknown, but autoimmune mechanisms have been implicated. Rheumatoid Arthritis

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