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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Lisa Caithleen Zaba
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-9239 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Zaba Lisa C LC Cardinale Irma I Gilleaudeau Patricia P Sullivan-Whalen Mary M Suárez-Fariñas Mayte M Fuentes-Duculan Judilyn J Novitskaya Inna I Khatcherian Artemis A Bluth Mark J MJ Lowes Michelle A MA Krueger James G JG
The Journal of experimental medicine 20071126 13
Biological agents have dramatically improved treatment options for patients with severe psoriasis. Etanercept (tumor necrosis factor [TNF] receptor-immunoglobulin fusion protein) is an effective treatment for many psoriasis patients, and blockade of TNF is considered to be its primary action. However, in this clinical trial, we show that etanercept has early inhibitory effects on a newly appreciated type of T cells: T helper type 17 (Th17) cells. Etanercept reduced the inflammatory dendritic cel ...[more]