Rituximab treatment in patients with active Graves' orbitopathy: effects on proinflammatory and humoral immune reactions.

Vannucchi, G

Rituximab treatment in patients with active Graves' orbitopathy: effects on proinflammatory and humoral immune reactions. [electronic resource] - Clinical and experimental immunology Sep 2010 - 436-43 p. digital

Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1365-2249

10.1111/j.1365-2249.2010.04191.x doi


Adult
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived--therapeutic use
Autoantibodies--blood
B-Lymphocytes--drug effects
Calsequestrin--immunology
Chemokine CXCL10--blood
Cytokines--blood
Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
Female
Graves Ophthalmopathy--blood
Humans
Immunity, Humoral--drug effects
Immunologic Factors--therapeutic use
Inflammation Mediators--blood
Interleukin-6--blood
Male
Middle Aged
Receptors, Interleukin-6--blood
Receptors, Thyrotropin--immunology
Rituximab
T-Lymphocytes--drug effects
Thyrotropin--blood