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Ю.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Panasyuk</surname><given-names>E Yu</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">-</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Avdeyeva</surname><given-names>A S</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Avdeyeva</surname><given-names>A S</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">-</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Новиков</surname><given-names>А. А.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Novikov</surname><given-names>A A</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">-</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Лукина</surname><given-names>Г. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Lukina</surname><given-names>G V</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">-</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Черкасова</surname><given-names>М. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Cherkasova</surname><given-names>M V</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">-</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Klimova</surname><given-names>N V</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Klimova</surname><given-names>N V</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">-</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Насонов</surname><given-names>Евгений Львович</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Nasonov</surname><given-names>E L</given-names></name></name-alternatives><email xlink:type="simple">-</email></contrib></contrib-group><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2011</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>15</day><month>06</month><year>2011</year></pub-date><volume>49</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title>№3 (2011)</issue-title><fpage>14</fpage><lpage>19</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Александрова Е.Н., Панасюк Е.Ю., Avdeyeva A.S., Новиков А.А., Лукина Г.В., Черкасова М.В., Klimova N.V., Насонов Е.Л., 2011</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2011</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Александрова Е.Н., Панасюк Е.Ю., Avdeyeva A.S., Новиков А.А., Лукина Г.В., Черкасова М.В., Klimova N.V., Насонов Е.Л.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Aleksandrova E.N., Panasyuk E.Y., Avdeyeva A.S., Novikov A.A., Lukina G.V., Cherkasova M.V., Klimova N.V., Nasonov E.L.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://rsp.mediar-press.net/rsp/article/view/705">https://rsp.mediar-press.net/rsp/article/view/705</self-uri><abstract><p>Цель - изучить динамику лабораторных биомаркеров у больных ревматоидным артритом (РА) через 2, 4 и 8 нед после начала лечения тоцилизумабом (ТЦЗ).
Материал и методы. Обследовано 42 больных РА, получивших по две инфузии ТЦЗ в дозе 8 мг/кг внутривенно с интервалом в 4 нед на фоне стабильной терапии базисными противовоспалительными препаратами и глюкокортикоидами. К 8-й неделе терапии у 21 больного наблюдался хороший эффект по критериям EULAR, у 20 - умеренный, у 1 пациента эффект отсутствовал. СОЭ определяли по методу Вестергрена, уровень С-реактивного белка (СРБ) и IgM ревматоидного фактора (РФ) в сыворотке - нефелометрическим методом, антител к циклическому цитруллинированному пептиду (АЦЦП) - иммунохемилюминесцентным методом. Сывороточную концентрацию интерлейкина (ИЛ) 6 измеряли с помощью мультиплексного анализа, IgA РФ, антител к модифицированному цитруллинированному виментину (АМЦВ) и растворимых рецепторов ИЛ 6 (рИЛ-6Р) - методом иммуноферментного анализа.
Результаты. У ответивших на терапию ТЦЗ базальные значения: Ме (ИР 25-75 процентили) составляли для СОЭ - 42 (30-70) мм/ч, СРБ - 35,2 (19,2-62,7) мг/л, IgM РФ - 263,0 (95,3-663,0) МЕ/мл, IgA РФ - 347,0 (131,2-789,0) ЕД/мл, АЦЦП - 378,8 (85,8-500,0) ЕД/мл, АМЦВ - 778,6 (190,7-2393,1) ЕД/мл, ИЛ 6 - 182,2 (106,1-462,3) пг/мл, рИЛ-6Р - 267,2 (212,5-310,0) нг/мл. На 2-й неделе терапии ТЦЗ отмечено снижение СОЭ - 12 (6-18) мм/ч, уровней СРБ - 0,5 (0,3-0,9) мг/л, IgM РФ - 174,0 (40,8-513,0) МЕ/мл, IgA РФ - 227,2 (62,1-570,8) ЕД/мл, на 4-й неделе: титров АМЦВ - 313,5 (79,9-960,3) ЕД/мл, сохранявшееся до 8-й недели (р&lt;0,01). Концентрация ИЛ 6 возрастала на 2-й и уменьшалась на 8-й неделе: соответственно 418,4 (287,0-678,3) и 103,4 (39,1-208,5) ОЦ/ЛК (П&lt;0,01). Повышение уровня рИЛ-6Р - 1250,0 (1250,0-1475,0) нг/мл регистрировалось со 2-й по 8-ю неделю применения ТЦЗ (р&lt;0,01).
Заключение. Промежуточный анализ эффективности двух инфузий ТЦЗ через 2, 4 и 8 нед после начала терапии свидетельствует о способности ТЦЗ очень быстро индуцировать стойкую положительную динамику иммуновоспалительных маркеров у больных РА.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Objective: to study the time course of changes in laboratory biomarkers in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) 2, 4, and 8 weeks after the initiation of tocilizumab (TCZ) therapy.
Subjects and methods. Forty-two RA patients receiving two intravenous infusions of TCZ (8 mg/kg each) at a 4-week interval during steady-state therapy with disease-modifying anti-inflammatory agents and glucocorticoids were examined. At week 8 of therapy, there were good and moderate effects in 21 and 20 patients, respectively, according to the EULAR criteria; no effect was found in 1 patient. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) was determined by the Westergren method; the serum levels of C-reactive protein (CRP) and IgM rheumatoid factor (RF) were measured by the nephelometric method; anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (ACCPA) were estimated by an ummunoluminescence assay. Serum interleukin (IL) 6 concentrations were measured by multiplex analysis; IgA RF, anti-modified citrullinated vimentin (anti-MCV) antibodies, and soluble IL-6 receptors (sIL-6R) were determined by enzyme immunoassay. Results. The patients who showed a response to TCZ therapy had the basal values: Me (RI 25-75 percentile) was 42 (30-70) mm/hr for ESR, 35.2 (19.2-62.7) mg/l for CRP, 263.0 (95.3-663.0) IU/ml for IgM RF, 347.0 (131.2-789.0) IU/ml for IgA RF, 378.8 (85.8-500.0) IU/ml for ACCPA, 778.6 (190.7-2393.1) IU/ml for anti-MCV, 182.2 (106.1-462.3) pg/ml for IL-6, and 267.2 (212.5-310.0) ng/ml for sIL-6R. At TCZ therapy week 2, there were reductions in ESR [12 (6-18) mm/hr], CRP [0.5(0.3-0.9) mg/l], IgM RF [174.0 (40.8-513.0) IU/ml], and IgA RF [227.2 (62.1-570.8) IU/ml]; at week 4, anti-MCV titers were 313.5 (79.9-960.3) IU/ml, which remained until week 8 (p &lt; 0.01). IL-6 concentrations were increased at week 2 and reduced at week 8; these were 418.4 (287.0-678.3) and 103.4 (39.1-208.5) pg/ml, respectively (p &lt; 0.01). The elevated sIL-6R level of 1250.0 (1250.0-1475.0) ng/ml was recorded at weeks 2 to 8 of TCZ use (p &lt; 0.01).
Conclusion. The interim analysis of the efficacy of two TCZ infusions 2, 4, and 8 weeks after the initiation of the therapy suggests that TCZ is able to induce steady-state positive changes in immune-inflammatory markers very rapidly in patients with RA</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>ревматоидный артрит</kwd><kwd>интерлейкин 6</kwd><kwd>рецепторы интерлейкина 6</kwd><kwd>тоцилизумаб</kwd><kwd>СОЭ</kwd><kwd>С-реактивный белок</kwd><kwd>IgM/IgA ревматоидные факторы</kwd><kwd>антитела к циклическому цитруллинированному пептиду</kwd><kwd>антитела к модифицированному цитруллинированному виментину</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>rheumatoid arthritis</kwd><kwd>interleukin-6</kwd><kwd>interleukin-6 receptors</kwd><kwd>tocilizumab</kwd><kwd>erythrocyte sedimentation rate</kwd><kwd>C-reactive protein</kwd><kwd>IgM/IgA rheumatoid factor</kwd><kwd>anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies</kwd><kwd>anti-modified citrullinated vimentin antibodies</kwd></kwd-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Насонов Е.Л., Каратеев Д.Е., Балабанова Р.М. 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