Blood chemokine levels are markers of disease activity but not predictors of remission in early rheumatoid arthritis

CONCLUSIONS: In patients with untreated eRA, plasma levels of several chemokines correlate with disease activity at baseline but cannot predict remission after 24 weeks of treatment with methotrexate combined with prednisolone, anti‑TNF, CTLA‑4Ig or anti‑IL6R.PMID:34796837

Source: Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology - November 19, 2021 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Jonathan Aldridge Anna-Carin Lundell Kerstin Andersson Linda Mark Merete Lund Hetland Mikkel Østergaard Till Uhlig Marte Schrumpf Heiberg Espen A Haavardsholm Michael Nurmohamed Jon Lampa Dan Nordstr öm Kim H ørslev-Petersen Bjorn Gudbjornsson Gerdur G Source Type: research