Kuuliala , K , Kuuliala , A , Koivuniemi , R , Kautiainen , H , Repo , H & Leirisalo-Repo , M 2017 , ' Baseline JAK phosphorylation profile of peripheral blood leukocytes, studied by whole blood phosphospecific flow cytometry, is associated with 1-year treatment response in early rheumatoid arthritis ' , Arthritis research & therapy , vol. 19 , 75 . https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-017-1278-0
Title: | Baseline JAK phosphorylation profile of peripheral blood leukocytes, studied by whole blood phosphospecific flow cytometry, is associated with 1-year treatment response in early rheumatoid arthritis |
Author: | Kuuliala, Krista; Kuuliala, Antti; Koivuniemi, Riitta; Kautiainen, Hannu; Repo, Heikki; Leirisalo-Repo, Marjatta |
Contributor organization: | Medicum Department of Bacteriology and Immunology Clinicum Department of Medicine Reumatologian yksikkö Department of General Practice and Primary Health Care HUS Inflammation Center HUS Internal Medicine and Rehabilitation |
Date: | 2017-04-11 |
Language: | eng |
Number of pages: | 8 |
Belongs to series: | Arthritis research & therapy |
ISSN: | 1478-6354 |
DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-017-1278-0 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10138/189049 |
Abstract: | Background: We found recently that baseline signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 phosphorylation in peripheral blood CD4(+) T cells of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is associated with treatment response to synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs). This prompted us to study the baseline phosphorylation profiles of Janus kinases (JAKs) in blood leukocytes with respect to treatment response in early RA. Methods: Thirty-five DMARD-naive patients with early RA provided blood samples for whole blood flow cytometric determination of phosphorylation of JAKs in CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells, CD19(+) B cells, and CD14(+) monocytes. Treatment response was determined after 1 year of treatment with synthetic DMARDs, with remission defined as absence of tender and swollen joints and normal erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Exact logistic regression was used to investigate the association of baseline variables with treatment response. Ninety-five percent CIs of means were estimated by bias-corrected bootstrapping. Results: High JAK3 phosphorylation in CD4(+) and CD8(+) T cells, CD19(+) B cells, and CD14(+) monocytes and low JAK2 phosphorylation in CD14(+) monocytes were significantly associated with remission following treatment with synthetic DMARDs. Conclusions: Baseline JAK phosphorylation profile in peripheral blood leukocytes may provide a means to predict treatment response achieved by synthetic DMARDs among patients with early RA. |
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Rheumatoid arthritis
Disease-modifying antirheumatic drug Janus kinases Phosphorylation Blood Leukocyte Biomarker SYNOVIAL FIBROBLASTS CYTOKINE PRODUCTION AMERICAN-COLLEGE DISEASE-ACTIVITY EXPRESSION METHOTREXATE THERAPY CELLS 3121 General medicine, internal medicine and other clinical medicine |
Peer reviewed: | Yes |
Rights: | unspecified |
Usage restriction: | openAccess |
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