Abstract
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic, chronic and inflammatory disease of unknown etiology with genetic predisposition. The advent of new biological agents, as well as the more traditional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, has resulted in highly efficient therapies for reducing the symptoms and signs of RA; however, not all patients show the same level of response in disease progression to these therapies. These variations suggest that RA patients may have different genetic regulatory mechanisms. The extensive polymorphisms revealed in non-coding gene-regulatory regions in the immune system, as well as genetic variations in drug-metabolizing enzymes, suggest that this type of variation is of functional and evolutionary importance and may provide clues for developing new therapeutic strategies. Pharmacogenetics is a rapidly advancing area of research that holds the promise that therapies will soon be tailored to an individual patients genetic profile.
Keywords: Pharmacogenomic, rheumatoid arthritis, TNF, IL-1, cytokines, gene polymorphisms
Current Genomics
Title: Gene Polymorphisms and Pharmacogenetics in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Volume: 9 Issue: 6
Author(s): Ignacio Rego-Perez, Mercedes Fernandez-Moreno and Francisco J. Blanco
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Keywords: Pharmacogenomic, rheumatoid arthritis, TNF, IL-1, cytokines, gene polymorphisms
Abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic, chronic and inflammatory disease of unknown etiology with genetic predisposition. The advent of new biological agents, as well as the more traditional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, has resulted in highly efficient therapies for reducing the symptoms and signs of RA; however, not all patients show the same level of response in disease progression to these therapies. These variations suggest that RA patients may have different genetic regulatory mechanisms. The extensive polymorphisms revealed in non-coding gene-regulatory regions in the immune system, as well as genetic variations in drug-metabolizing enzymes, suggest that this type of variation is of functional and evolutionary importance and may provide clues for developing new therapeutic strategies. Pharmacogenetics is a rapidly advancing area of research that holds the promise that therapies will soon be tailored to an individual patients genetic profile.
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Rego-Perez Ignacio, Fernandez-Moreno Mercedes and Blanco J. Francisco, Gene Polymorphisms and Pharmacogenetics in Rheumatoid Arthritis, Current Genomics 2008; 9 (6) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138920208785699553
DOI https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/138920208785699553 |
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Publisher Name Bentham Science Publisher |
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