| Tofacitinib in active ulcerative colitis. | |
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PMID: 23150970 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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To the Editor: Sandborn et al. (Aug. 16 issue)(1) report that tofacitinib has efficacy in the treatment of ulcerative colitis. The authors note that Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors JAK1 and JAK3 are surprisingly ineffective in the treatment of Crohn's disease.(2) In Crohn's disease, the major cytokines arise from the differentiation of two subtypes of CD4+ T cells - Th1 and Th17 - whereas in ulcerative colitis a Th2-like differentiation process seems to be involved. Several recent reports on different experimental models seem to indicate that JAK inhibitors such as tofacitinib suppress Th2 but potentiate Th1 and Th17 responses. For example, . . . |
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Stéphane Paul; Xavier Roblin |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: The New England journal of medicine Volume: 367 ISSN: 1533-4406 ISO Abbreviation: N. Engl. J. Med. Publication Date: 2012 Nov |
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Created Date: 2012-11-15 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0255562 Medline TA: N Engl J Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1959-61 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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