Fifteen patients with rheumatoid arthritis were treated with tiopronine, and an immunological check-up carried out before the onset and after a two-month treatment. The latex test titres decreased, and there was a significant fall in the levels of IgA-containing circulating immune complexes, in parallel with a depletion of plasma complement breakdown products. Patients displayed a decrease in CD8+T cells and in CD4+Leu 8-T cells and a high proportion of activated T lymphocytes. This returned to normal after treatment. Treatment with TP led also to a reduction of adherence and chemotaxis of polymorphonuclear cells.
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