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Monocyte populations as markers of response to adalimumab plus MTX in rheumatoid arthritis

Overview of attention for article published in Arthritis Research & Therapy, July 2012
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Title
Monocyte populations as markers of response to adalimumab plus MTX in rheumatoid arthritis
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Arthritis Research & Therapy, July 2012
DOI 10.1186/ar3928
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Luis Chara, Ana Sánchez-Atrio, Ana Pérez, Eduardo Cuende, Fernando Albarrán, Ana Turrión, Julio Chevarria, Miguel A Sánchez, Jorge Monserrat, Antonio de la Hera, Alfredo Prieto, Ignacio Sanz, David Diaz, Melchor Alvarez-Mon

Abstract

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION: The treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients with anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) biological drugs has dramatically improved the prognosis of these patients. However, a third of the treated patients do not respond to this therapy. Thus, the search for biomarkers of clinical response to these agents is currently highly active. Our aim is to analyze the number and distribution of circulating monocytes, and of their CD14+highCD16-, CD14+highCD16+ and CD14+lowCD16+ subsets in methotrexate (MTX) non-responder patients with RA, and to determine their value in predicting the clinical response to adalimumab plus MTX treatment. METHODS: This prospective work investigated the number of circulating monocytes, and of their CD14+highCD16-, CD14+highCD16+ and CD14+lowCD16+ subsets, in 35 MTX non-responder patients with RA before and after three and six months of anti-TNFα treatment using multiparametric flow cytometry. The number of circulating monocytes in an age- and sex-matched healthy population was monitored as a control. RESULTS: Non-responder patients with RA show an increased number of monocytes and of their CD14+highCD16-, CD14+highCD16+ and CD14+lowCD16+ subsets after three months of adalimumab plus MTX treatment that remained significantly increased at six months. In contrast, significant normalization of the numbers of circulating monocytes was found in responders at three months of adalimumab plus MTX treatment that lasts up to six months. CX3CR1 expression is increased in monocytes in non-responders. At three months of anti-TNFα treatment the number of circulating monocytes and their subsets was associated with at least 80% sensitivity, 84% specificity and an 86% positive predictive value (PPV) in terms of discriminating between eventual early responders and non-responders. CONCLUSIONS: The absolute number of circulating monocytes and of their CD14+highCD16-, CD14+highCD16+ and CD14+lowCD16+ subsets at three months of adalimumab plus MTX treatment, have a predictive value (with high specificity and sensitivity) in terms of the clinical response after six months of anti-TNFα treatment in patients with RA.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 2%
Unknown 47 98%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 14 29%
Student > Ph. D. Student 7 15%
Student > Master 5 10%
Student > Postgraduate 4 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 3 6%
Other 11 23%
Unknown 4 8%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 18 38%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 7 15%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 4 8%
Immunology and Microbiology 3 6%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 4%
Other 9 19%
Unknown 5 10%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 14. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 11 January 2023.
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#2,626,908
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Outputs from Arthritis Research & Therapy
#524
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#16,832
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Outputs of similar age from Arthritis Research & Therapy
#8
of 52 outputs
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