| 摘要 |
In vitro method and kit for prognosis or prediction of the response of rheumatoid arthritis patients to treatment with TNF-± factor blocking agents, which comprises determining, in a blood sample from said patients, the expression level of at least one of the eight genes selected from the group: HLA-DRB3, EAT2, GNLY, CAMP, SLC2A3, IL2RB, MXD4 and TLR5 or combinations thereof and comparing said expression level to the expression values obtained from responsive and non-responsive patients who showed responsiveness to the treatment and those who showed non-responsiveness thereto. |
