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ArticleScientific reports2018

Genetic variant in IL-32 is associated with the ex vivo cytokine production of anti-TNF treated PBMCs from rheumatoid arthritis patients.

Michelle S M A Damen, Kiki Schraa, Lieke Tweehuysen, Alfons A den Broeder, Mihai G Netea, Calin D Popa, Leo A B Joosten

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Article in Scientific reports, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Michelle S M A DamenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases (RCI) and Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Kiki SchraaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases (RCI) and Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Lieke TweehuysenDepartment of Rheumatology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Alfons A den BroederDepartment of Rheumatology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Mihai G NeteaDepartment of Internal Medicine, Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases (RCI) and Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-2421-6052
Calin D PopaDepartment of Rheumatology, Sint Maartenskliniek, Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
Leo A B JoostenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Radboud Centre for Infectious Diseases (RCI) and Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. leo.joosten@radboudumc.nl.ORCID 0000-0001-6166-9830
Radboud University Nijmegen · NLSint Maartenskliniek · NLCincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center · US

Funding

Reumafonds (Dutch Arthritis Foundation) 13-03-302
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

About 60% of RA patients don't achieve good response with biological disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs bDMARD treatment (including TNF inhibitors, TNFi's). Previously, a link between TNFα and interleukin (IL)-32 was reported in RA. However, the exact mechanism linking IL-32 to response to treatment as not been studied yet. Therefore, we explored the influence of a promoter single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs4786370 in IL-32 on clinical responsiveness to TNFi's in RA patients, potentially serving as new biomarker in RA. Expression of pro-inflammatory cytokines by peripheral mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from RA patients and healthy individuals were studied. Moreover, "ex vivo response" and clinical response to anti-TNFα therapy (etanercept, adalimumab) were measured and stratified for the IL-32 SNP. Higher IL-32 protein production was observed in RA patients. Additionally, patients bearing the CC genotype showed higher IL-32 protein and cytokine expression. DAS28 was independent of the promoter SNP, however, the "ex vivo" cytokine response was not. IL-32 mRNA and protein production was higher in RA patients, with a trend towards higher concentrations in patients bearing the CC genotype. Furthermore, genotype dependent IL-1 beta production might predict clinical response to etanercept/adalimumab. This indicates that IL-32 could play a role in predicting response to treatment in RA.

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Polymorphism, Single NucleotideAdalimumabAntirheumatic AgentsArthritis, RheumatoidCase-Control StudiesCytokinesEtanerceptFemaleGenotypeHumansInterleukin-6Interleukin-9InterleukinsLeukocytes, MononuclearMalePromoter Regions, GeneticAdalimumabAntirheumatic AgentsCytokinesEtanerceptIL32 protein, humanIL6 protein, humanIL9 protein, humanInterleukin-6Interleukin-9Interleukins

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PMID30232372
PMCPMC6145899
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