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01.02.2012 | Short Communication
Insulin-like growth factor I receptor density on CD4+T-lymphocytes from active early steroid- and DMARD-naïve rheumatoid arthritis patients is up-regulated and not influenced by 1 year of clinically effective treatment
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Trine Bay Laurberg, Torkell Ellingsen, Jonas Thorsen, Bjarne Kuno Møller, Ib Hansen, Ulrik Tarp, Merete Lund Hetland, Kim Hørslev-Petersen, Allan Flyvbjerg, Jan Frystyk, Kristian Stengaard-Pedersen
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Rheumatology International
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Ausgabe 2/2012
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Abstract
The IGF-IR density on CD4+T-lymphocytes was studied using flow cytometry in 40 early steroid- and DMARD-naïve rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients before and after 52 weeks of treatment with methotrexate+placebo or methotrexate+cyclosporine A and in 15 controls. RA patients had increased IGF-IR density on CD4+T-lymphocytes at week 0 and week 52, irrespective of treatment. IGF-IR-positive CD4+T-lymphocytes fraction decreased during treatment, but neither at week 0 nor at week 52 did it differ from healthy controls. No correlations were found to disease activity parameters.