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- Title
Anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy does not diminish the immune response to influenza vaccine in Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
- Authors
Kubota, Tetsuo; Nii, Tokiko; Nanki, Toshihiro; Kohsaka, Hitoshi; Harigai, Masayoshi; Komano, Yukiko; Sugihara, Takahiko; Nonomura, Yoshinori; Hirose, Wataru; Nagasaka, Kenji; Sakurai, Tetsushi; Miyasaka, Nobuyuki
- Abstract
The article discusses whether the immune response of Japanese patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to influenza vaccine is affected by potent biologic agents targeting tumor necrosis factor (TNF). The patients were injected with 0.5 ml of authorized influenza vaccine. The study found that response of patients to influenza vaccines was not affected by TNF therapy.
- Subjects
INFLUENZA vaccines; IMMUNE response; TUMOR necrosis factors; PATIENTS; RHEUMATOID arthritis; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Modern Rheumatology, 2007, Vol 17, Issue 6, p531
- ISSN
1439-7595
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3109/s10165-007-0632-5