| Literature DB >> 18681777 |
Maria I Danila1, Laura B Hughes, S Louis Bridges.
Abstract
Etanercept is one of several TNF inhibitors approved for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and a variety of other immune-mediated inflammatory conditions. Given the plethora of drugs approved for RA, and the wide variations in cost and treatment response, markers of efficacy would be very useful. Several candidate genes, including HLA-DRB1 alleles and those encoding TNF, TNF receptors and Fc receptors, have been examined for a role in the response to treatment with etanercept. In this review, we discuss pharmacogenetic studies of etanercept in RA and other diseases, and comment on the future of such analyses to advance the goal of personalized medicine in RA.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18681777 PMCID: PMC3746504 DOI: 10.2217/14622416.9.8.1011
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pharmacogenomics ISSN: 1462-2416 Impact factor: 2.533