Abstracts tagged "adverse events and Gene Expression"

Abstract Number: 2397 • ACR/ARP Annual Meeting 2019
Skin Lesions as a Side Effect of anti-IL6 Therapy: Transcriptome Analysis of Peripheral Blood Shows a Risk of Paradoxical Neutrophil Activation and Exacerbation of Skin Ulcer
Yoshinobu Koyama¹, Akemi Senoo ², Kaho Otsuki ³, Yoshiharu Sato ⁴, Mari Yamaguchi ² and Toshie Higuchi ¹, ¹Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Division of Rheumatology, Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama, Japan, ²Division of Dermatology, Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama, Japan, ³Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Division of Rheumatology, Okayama, Japan, ⁴DNA Chip Research Inc, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Skin lesion as a side effect of Tocilizumab (TCZ) has not been paid much attention. In the drug information sheets, incidence of dermatological adverse…