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Erschienen in: Modern Rheumatology 3/2011

01.06.2011 | Original Article

Reduction in serum levels of substance P in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by etanercept, a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor

verfasst von: Tomoki Origuchi, Naoki Iwamoto, Shin-ya Kawashiri, Keita Fujikawa, Toshiyuki Aramaki, Mami Tamai, Kazuhiko Arima, Hideki Nakamura, Satoshi Yamasaki, Hiroaki Ida, Atsushi Kawakami, Yukitaka Ueki, Naoki Matsuoka, Munetoshi Nakashima, Akinari Mizokami, Yojiro Kawabe, Masanobu Mine, Takaaki Fukuda, Katsumi Eguchi

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Abstract

We determined the effects of etanercept on the serum concentrations of neuropeptides in RA patients. In a total of 11 patients who had been injected with etanercept, the serum levels of substance P, calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), and gastrin-releasing peptide (GRP) were analyzed. Average levels of serum substance P were significantly reduced from 1.53 to 0.62 ng/ml after the injection of etanercept. In the CGRP and GRP analyses, these average levels dropped from 1.57 and 0.51 ng/ml to 0.44 and 0.04 ng/ml, respectively. Etanercept appears to decrease substance P levels with an improvement in disease activities.
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Metadaten
Titel
Reduction in serum levels of substance P in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by etanercept, a tumor necrosis factor inhibitor
verfasst von
Tomoki Origuchi
Naoki Iwamoto
Shin-ya Kawashiri
Keita Fujikawa
Toshiyuki Aramaki
Mami Tamai
Kazuhiko Arima
Hideki Nakamura
Satoshi Yamasaki
Hiroaki Ida
Atsushi Kawakami
Yukitaka Ueki
Naoki Matsuoka
Munetoshi Nakashima
Akinari Mizokami
Yojiro Kawabe
Masanobu Mine
Takaaki Fukuda
Katsumi Eguchi
Publikationsdatum
01.06.2011
Verlag
Springer Japan
Erschienen in
Modern Rheumatology / Ausgabe 3/2011
Print ISSN: 1439-7595
Elektronische ISSN: 1439-7609
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10165-010-0384-5

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