ReviewBiologics : targets & therapy2021
Biologic Therapies for Giant Cell Arteritis.
Review in Biologics : targets & therapy, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.
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8 citing papers in PubMed.
- Efficacy and Safety of Biological Agents in Giant Cell Arteritis: An Updated Meta-Analysis.Avicenna journal of medicine · 2025Review
- Giant Cell Arteritis in the Third Decade of Life: A Case for Expanded Clinical Suspicion.Cureus · 2025Article
- Illness Burden and Unmet Patient Needs in Giant Cell Arteritis: Current State and Future Prospects.Open access rheumatology : research and reviews · 2025Review
- Plasma Pyruvate Kinase M2 as a marker of vascular inflammation in giant cell arteritis.Rheumatology (Oxford, England) · 2022Article
- Advances in the Treatment of Giant Cell Arteritis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2022Review
- Functionally Heterogenous Macrophage Subsets in the Pathogenesis of Giant Cell Arteritis: Novel Targets for Disease Monitoring and Treatment.Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Review
- Role of temporal artery resection in Horton's arteritis (Review).Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2021Review
- PROTAC-Mediated Degradation of Janus Kinase as a Therapeutic Strategy for Cancer and Rheumatoid Arthritis.ACS medicinal chemistry letters · 2021Article
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Abstract
Glucocorticoids have been the mainstay of treatment in giant cell arteritis (GCA) for the past 70 years. Conventional synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (csDMARDs) have largely failed to show significant clinical efficacy or reduction of the glucocorticoid burden in GCA. Tocilizumab is the first biologic to make a substantial impact in GCA treatment. With the current understanding of GCA pathogenesis implicating multiple cytokines, notably interleukin (IL) 6, IL-12, IL-23, IL-1β, and the role of janus kinases (JAKs) and the signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) pathway in these cytokines, many biologics are currently being investigated in GCA. This review article looks at the existing evidence for biologic agents in GCA. In addition to tocilizumab, the potential role of ustekinumab, abatacept, JAK inhibitors and other promising biologics in GCA are discussed in detail. A treatment algorithm based on the best evidence to date is also presented.
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