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17017952

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
16
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-10-4
pubmed:abstractText
Autoimmune diseases affect about 3% of the world population, more frequently women than men, and their incidence is attributed to an immune response of a genetically predisposed individual to an environmental pathogen, under the influence of inadequate immuno-regulatory mechanisms. Advances in understanding the cellular activity pathways and cytokine expression profiles have led to new therapeutic regiments, like soluble receptors, monoclonal antibodies and molecular mimetics that have been employed to enhance or replace conventional immunosuppressive therapies. Among new biologicals that have been developed to target defined pathways of the adaptive immune response are TNF-alpha inhibitors. TNF-alpha is a proinflammatory cytokine elevated in many autoimmune lesions, and its deregulation characterizes many autoimmune diseases. TNF-alpha seems to exhibit an immunoregulatory role that can alter the balance of T regulatory cells and orchestrate acute immunological responses. More than half a million autoimmune patients have received therapy with anti-TNF-alpha antibodies, usually because they were refractory to conventional treatments. This review offers an update on TNF-alpha-targeted therapies used in patients suffering from various autoimmune diseases, based on the current knowledge of disease pathogenesis, with emphasis on the efficacy and safety that clinical trials have shown until now.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
1873-4294
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
6
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1707-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Anti-TNF-alpha antibody therapies in autoimmune diseases.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Patras, Patras, Greece.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review