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Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Treatment in Rheumatoid Arthritis

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The pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is complex. It includes the production of many proinflammatory and destructive mediators by inflamed synovial tissue (1). A widely accepted paradigm suggests that tumor necrosis factor a (TNF-a) and interleukin-1 (IL-1) are critical pathogenetic cytokines (2). The rationale supporting anti-TNFoc therapy and the clinical efficacy and safety of two therapeutic compounds, used either in monotherapeutic strategies (3,4) or in combination with methotrexate (MTX) (5,6) , have been described. This chapter will highlight the role of IL-1(3 in the pathogenesis of both synovial inflammation and cartilage matrix degradation in RA. In addition, the effects of inhibiting IL-β-mediated pathogenetic pathways by targeted therapeutic intervention in experimental arthritis models and in RA will be examined.

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