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Cytokine release syndrome in COVID-19 patients, a new scenario for an old concern. The fragile balance between infections and autoimmunity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
On 7 January 2020, researchers isolated and sequenced in China from patients with severe pneumonitis a novel coronavirus, then called SARS-CoV-2, which rapidly spread worldwide, becoming a global health emergency.
Diamanti, A. P.   +4 more
core   +2 more sources

Efficacy and Safety of a Tofacitinib-based Immunosuppressive Regimen After Kidney Transplantation: Results From a Long-term Extension Trial

open access: yesTransplantation Direct, 2018
Background. Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor. This open-label, long-term extension (LTE) study (NCT00658359) evaluated long-term tofacitinib treatment in stable kidney transplant recipients (n = 178) posttransplant. Methods.
Stephan Busque, MD, MSc, FRCSC   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Repurposing tofacitinib as an anti-myeloma therapeutic to reverse growth-promoting effects of the bone marrow microenvironment. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The myeloma bone marrow microenvironment promotes proliferation of malignant plasma cells and resistance to therapy. Activation of JAK/STAT signaling is thought to be a central component of these microenvironment-induced phenotypes.
Aftab, Blake T   +13 more
core   +2 more sources

Tofacitinib Represses the Janus Kinase-Signal Transducer and Activators of Transcription Signalling Pathway in Keratinocytes

open access: yesActa Dermato-Venereologica, 2018
Tofacitinib is a Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor, which has shown efficacy in treating psoriasis. The mode of action of tofacitinib is not completely understood but it has been thought to be mediated by the inhibition of CD4+ T-cell activation.
Ankit Srivastava   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pharmacokinetic Drug Interaction between Tofacitinib and Voriconazole in Rats

open access: yesPharmaceutics, 2021
Fungal infections are prevalent in patients with immune diseases. Voriconazole, a triazole antifungal drug, inhibits the cytochromes CYP3A4 and CYP2C, and tofacitinib, a Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, is metabolized by ...
Ji-Sang Lee   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

JAK3 as an emerging target for topical treatment of inflammatory skin diseases [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The recent interest and elucidation of the JAK/STAT signaling pathway created new targets for the treatment of inflammatory skin diseases (ISDs). JAK inhibitors in oral and topical formulations have shown beneficial results in psoriasis and alopecia ...
Alves de Medeiros, Ana   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Tofacitinib induction and maintenance therapy in East Asian patients with active ulcerative colitis: subgroup analyses from three phase 3 multinational studies [PDF]

open access: yesIntestinal Research, 2018
Background/AimsTofacitinib is an oral, small-molecule Janus kinase inhibitor being investigated for ulcerative colitis (UC). In OCTAVE Induction 1 and 2, patients with moderately to severely active UC received placebo or tofacitinib 10 mg twice daily ...
Satoshi Motoya   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Future therapeutic targets in rheumatoid arthritis? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease characterized by persistent joint inflammation. Without adequate treatment, patients with RA will develop joint deformity and progressive functional impairment.
A Balanescu   +154 more
core   +1 more source

Increased risk of herpes zoster with tofacitinib treatment in Korean patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a single-center prospective study

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
We aimed to determine the risk of herpes zoster (HZ) in Korean rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients on tofacitinib compared with tumor necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) treatment.
Yeo-Jin Song   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Tofacitinib Blocks Entheseal Lymphocyte Activation and Modulates MSC Adipogenesis, but Does Not Directly Affect Chondro- and Osteogenesis

open access: yesImmuno, 2021
Entheseal spinal inflammation and new bone formation with progressive ankylosis may occur in ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA).
Tobias Russell   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

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