Tocilizumab modulates serum levels of adiponectin and chemerin in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: potential cardiovascular protective role of IL-6 inhibition.

CONCLUSIONS: TCZ is able to regulate serum levels of chemerin and adiponectin in RA patients, independently of the disease treatment response, which contributes to explain the CV safety of TCZ. PMID: 30148441 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - Category: Rheumatology Tags: Clin Exp Rheumatol Source Type: research