Abstracts tagged "biomarkers and tocilizumab"

Abstract Number: 1683 • 2015 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Epithelial Changes in Response to Tocilizumab Combined with Methotrexate in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Evaluated on Circulating Fragments of Type IV Collagen
Natasja Stæhr Gudman¹, Inger Byrjalsen², Kishwar Musa³, Stephanie Nina Kehlet³, Morten Asser Karsdal⁴ and Anne C. Bay-Jensen⁴, ¹Nordic Bioscience A/S, Herlev, Denmark, ²Research & Development, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ³Laboratory, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark, ⁴Biomarkers and Research, Nordic Bioscience, Herlev, Denmark
Background/Purpose: It is well documented that epithelium turnover is markedly increased in the affected joints of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). This causes disruption of the well…