tumor necrosis factor

(Wiley-Blackwell) New research reports that incident malignancy among children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis is four times higher than in those without the disease.

Findings now available in Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the American College of Rheumatology, suggest JIA treatment, such as tumor necrosis factor inhibitors, does not necessarily explain the development of cancer in this pediatric population.

(Boston University Medical Center) A study was carried out to examine the extent to which quercetin and trans-resveratrol prevented inflammation or insulin resistance in primary cultures of human adipocytes treated with tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-a) -- an inflammatory cytokine elevated in the plasma and adipose tissue of obese, diabetic individuals.

ATLANTA (MedPage Today) -- More data were presented here linking shingles attacks and de novo chicken pox with drugs inhibiting tumor necrosis factor (TNF) in rheumatoid arthritis patients.

(Wiley-Blackwell) A recent study by Swedish researchers found that rheumatoid arthritis patients did not experience an elevated cancer risk in the first six years after starting anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy.

Details of the study appear in the November issue of Arthritis & Rheumatism, a journal of the American College of Rheumatology published by Wiley-Blackwell.

PHILADELPHIA (MedPage Today) -- Two new studies failed to find a solid link between anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy and infections among rheumatoid arthritis patients.

LITTLE FALLS, N.J. (MedPage Today) -- The risk of tuberculosis is higher for patients receiving anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) monoclonal antibody therapy than for those receiving soluble TNF receptor therapy for any indication, French researchers found.

BERLIN (MedPage Today) -- Herpes zoster infection could arise from treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with a monoclonal antibody against tumor necrosis factor, investigators here concluded.