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Immun Inflamm Dis
December 2024
Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Huadong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai, China.
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the efficacy and safety of a triple therapy consisting of colchicine, thalidomide and total glucosides of paeony (TGP) in Behcet's disease (BD) patients with mucocutaneous involvement.
Methods: Totally 355 newly diagnosed BD patients with mucocutaneous involvement were recruited, who received dexamethasone and colchicine for the first 2 weeks, then they were categorized into "sustained triple-therapy (ST)" (n = 231) and "colchicine to triple-therapy (CT)" (n = 124) groups respectively: for ST group, patients received colchicine, thalidomide plus TGP from Month (M)0.5 to M12; for CT group, patients received colchicine from M0.
Front Immunol
December 2024
Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Rome "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy.
Introduction: Fungi, including , may be a trigger or exacerbate psoriasis, especially in difficult to treat (DTT) areas, through the activation of IL-17/23 axis.
Methods: In this study, seventy patients with DDT psoriasis were enrolled to evaluate species and/or other opportunistic fungi colonization rate at baseline (T0) and the impact of apremilast on fungal load, clinical outcome, serum cytokine levels and biochemical serum profile of patients after 16, 24 and 52 weeks of treatment.
Results: In our population, 33 (47%) patients were colonized by spp.
Macromol Biosci
December 2024
Collaborative Innovation Center of Yangtze River Delta Region Green Pharmaceuticals & College of Pharmaceutical Science, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou, 310014, China.
Irinotecan hydrochloride (CPT-11) is one of the first-line drugs used in the clinical treatment of colorectal cancer (CRC). However, the concomitant adverse effect of delayed diarrhea has hindered its clinical use. CPT-11 combined with Thalidomide (THA) therapy is considered a palliative strategy.
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December 2024
Department of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Wroclaw Medical University, Poland
Background: Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematological malignancy characterized by the presence of abnormal plasma cells. It is associated with anemia, bone lesions and renal dysfunction. Immunomodulatory drugs (IMiDs) are commonly used in MM treatment.
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