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| Provedor de dados: |
BJPS
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
The plasma Tumor Necrosis Factor-α (TNF-α) does not have any correlation with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs)
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| Autores: |
Samimi,Zahra
Kardideh,Bahareh
Chalabi,Maryam
Zafari,Parisa
Taghadosi,Mahdi
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| Data: |
2020-01-01
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| Ano: |
2020
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| Palavras-chave: |
Rheumatoid arthritis
TNF-α
DAS-28
DMARD
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| Resumo: |
We performed this study to measure the Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha (TNF-α) plasma level and to survey its correlation with disease activity in the newly diagnosed Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) patients and those who were under treatment with the combination of Disease-Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug (DMARD) plus Prednisolone (PSL).We enrolled 30 newly diagnosed RA patients who received no treatment regarding their disease, 30 patients under treatment with the combination of Methotrexate (MTX) + Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) + PSL and 30 healthy subjects in this case-control study from September 2017 to December 2017. The level of plasma TNF-α was measured by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in each group. For assessment of disease severity, we used Disease Activity Score-28 (DAS-28) formula, and regarding DAS-28, we divided patients into four groups, including remission, low, moderate and high disease activity. There were no significant differences in the plasma level of TNF-α between the newly diagnosed RA patients and subjects who received MTX + HCQ + PSL, as well as healthy controls (p>0.05). There was a significant correlation between plasma levels of TNF-α and DAS-28 in the newly diagnosed patients with RA (r = 0.594, P = 0.001). Targeting TNF-α at the early stage of RA could have more beneficial effects on the amelioration of disease activity.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502020000100601
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| Editor: |
Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Ciências Farmacêuticas
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| Relação: |
10.1590/s2175-97902019000418551
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| Formato: |
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences v.56 2020
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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