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SUBMITTER: Cheung PP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5241317 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in medicine 20170118
Knowledge regarding the mechanisms of the IL17-IL23 pathway and its role in spondyloarthritis (SpA) has been pivotal to the development of IL-17 blockade in patients with axial SpA. Previously, only anti-TNF has proven to be clinically efficacious in patients with active disease, despite non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and physiotherapy. However, up to 50% fail to achieve a clinically significant response. Secukinumab, a fully humanized monoclonal antibody targeting IL-17A, has recently be ...[more]