Interferons (IFN) are well known triggers of immunomediated diseases in genetically predisposed subjects. We describe the unique case of a HLAB*2 709 positive subject who underwent IFN-alpha treatment for essential thrombocythentia and developed arthritis of the proximal interphalangeal joints of the hands but not sacroiliitis. The possible mechanisms of IFN-induced arthritis arc, discussed.

HLA-B*2709 and lack of susceptibility to sacroiliitis: further support from the clinic / A., Cauli; A., Vacca; G., Dessole; Fiorillo, Maria Teresa; G., Porru; V., Ibba; V., Mura; M., Piga; Sorrentino, Rosa; A., Mathieu. - In: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY. - ISSN 0392-856X. - 26:6(2008), pp. 1111-1112.

HLA-B*2709 and lack of susceptibility to sacroiliitis: further support from the clinic

FIORILLO, Maria Teresa;SORRENTINO, Rosa;
2008

Abstract

Interferons (IFN) are well known triggers of immunomediated diseases in genetically predisposed subjects. We describe the unique case of a HLAB*2 709 positive subject who underwent IFN-alpha treatment for essential thrombocythentia and developed arthritis of the proximal interphalangeal joints of the hands but not sacroiliitis. The possible mechanisms of IFN-induced arthritis arc, discussed.
2008
ankylosing; ankylosing spondylitis; hla-b*2709; hla-b27; ifn-alpha; ifn-α; sacroiliitis; spondylitis
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HLA-B*2709 and lack of susceptibility to sacroiliitis: further support from the clinic / A., Cauli; A., Vacca; G., Dessole; Fiorillo, Maria Teresa; G., Porru; V., Ibba; V., Mura; M., Piga; Sorrentino, Rosa; A., Mathieu. - In: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY. - ISSN 0392-856X. - 26:6(2008), pp. 1111-1112.
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