In vivo imaging using fluorescent antibodies to tumor necrosis factor predicts therapeutic response in Crohn’s disease
| Autor: | Ralf Kiesslich, Yurdagül Zopf, Marcus Willma, Ulrike Billmeier, Thomas D. Wang, Eva Reuter, Clemens Neufert, Ewald Hannappel, Raja Atreya, Wolfgang Uter, Tino Münster, Maximilian J. Waldner, Bernd Gebhardt, Frank Dörje, Stefanie Maas, Hermann Kessler, Helmut Neumann, Christine App, Michael Vieth, Tilman T. Rau, Ralph Heimke-Brinck, Markus F. Neurath |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Adult
Male medicine.medical_treatment Fluorescent Antibody Technique Antibodies Monoclonal Humanized Inflammatory bowel disease Endoscopy Gastrointestinal General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Immunoglobulin G Article Immune system Crohn Disease medicine Adalimumab Humans Prospective Studies Intestinal Mucosa Fluorescent Dyes Inflammation Crohn's disease Microscopy Confocal biology Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha business.industry Antibodies Monoclonal General Medicine Immunotherapy Middle Aged medicine.disease Intestines Treatment Outcome Immunology biology.protein Tumor necrosis factor alpha Female Antibody business medicine.drug |
| Popis: | As antibodies to tumor necrosis factor (TNF) suppress immune responses in Crohn's disease by binding to membrane-bound TNF (mTNF), we created a fluorescent antibody for molecular mTNF imaging in this disease. Topical antibody administration in 25 patients with Crohn's disease led to detection of intestinal mTNF(+) immune cells during confocal laser endomicroscopy. Patients with high numbers of mTNF(+) cells showed significantly higher short-term response rates (92%) at week 12 upon subsequent anti-TNF therapy as compared to patients with low amounts of mTNF(+) cells (15%). This clinical response in the former patients was sustained over a follow-up period of 1 year and was associated with mucosal healing observed in follow-up endoscopy. These data indicate that molecular imaging with fluorescent antibodies has the potential to predict therapeutic responses to biological treatment and can be used for personalized medicine in Crohn's disease and autoimmune or inflammatory disorders. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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