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RHEUMATOLOGY INTERNATIONAL
Volume 34, Issue 2, Pages 291-292Publisher
SPRINGER HEIDELBERG
DOI: 10.1007/s00296-013-2710-7
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DPP4 inhibitors; Drug-induced polyarthritis; Type 2 diabetes mellitus
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Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP4) inhibitors are a novel therapy widespread used in type 2 diabetes mellitus. We describe 3 cases of polyarthritis which delay of appearance strongly suggests a link with DPP4 inhibitors. Three patients presented with bilateral, symmetrical, seronegative polyarthritis after introduction of DPP4 inhibitors (sitagliptine (n = 2) and vildagliptine (n = 1)). Two patients also developed xerostomia and xerostomia, and laboratory test results showed normal values of CRP and erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Joints X-rays were normal. One patient was diagnosed with primary Sjogren's syndrome and treated with hydroxychloroquine, methotrexate and prednisone, with a poor efficacy. When sitagliptine was stopped, all symptoms disappeared, leading to methotrexate and prednisone discontinuation within a month. There were no immunological abnormalities in the 2 other patients, but a chronic viral hepatitis B was found in one patient. Eventually, discontinuation of DPP4 inhibitors led to resolution of symptoms in 1 and 3 weeks for both patients. DPP4 inhibitors seemed to trigger bilateral, non-erosive, seronegative polyarthritis in our 3 patients. DPP4, also known as CD26, is expressed on many cells including lymphocytes and fibroblasts, and its inhibition may lead to immunomodulating effect as suggested by clinical and in vitro studies.
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