Journal
CYTOKINE
Volume 46, Issue 2, Pages 222-227Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2009.02.001
Keywords
Cytokines; Quantitative real-time PCR; Inflammatory bowel disease
Funding
- Northern Norway Regional Health Authority
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Background: It has been documented that treatment with infliximab (IFX) induces remission in 113 of patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis (UC). Predictors of response could improve selection of patients with a higher probability of favorable outcome. Aim: To determine predictor factors for the clinical outcome of IFX induction therapy in UC. Methods: UC patients with moderate to severe disease who received 5 mg/kg IFX at weeks 0, 2 and 6 weeks were included. Ulcerative colitis disease activity index (UCDAI) score including endoscopic sub-scores were assessed before and after treatment. Several predictors, including TNF-alpha mRNA expression, were tested in a regression model. Results: Fifty-nine patients completed the study. Age, gender, steroid therapy, immunosuppressive, pancolitis, endoscopic sub-score, disease duration, C-reactive protein, interleukin-(IL)-4, IL-10 or interferon-gamma (IFNgamma) did not predict mucosal or clinical remission. There was an inverse and independent association between pre-treatment TNF-alpha expression levels and clinical and endoscopic remission of IFX treatment (logistic regression, p = 0.01 and p = 0.003, odds ratio 2.5 and 4.8, respectively). Conclusion: The clinical outcome of an induction therapy with IFX in UC is inversely associated with the pre-treatment gene expression levels of TNF-alpha in colorectal mucosa. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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