Methods of predicting steroid responsiveness with Il-1RII

摘要

Methods are provided for determining in vitro whether or not a patient will respond to steroid treatment based on the levels of interleukin-1 receptor type II (IL-1RII) in a sample of mononuclear immune cells obtained from the patient before steroid treatment and/or on the change in IL-1RII in the patient's mononuclear immune cells in response to an in vitro steroid challenge.