Cytokines and Behcet's disease

ZY Zhou, SL Chen, N Shen, Y Lu - Autoimmunity reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Behcet's Disease (BD) is a systemic vasculitis of unknown etiology. Increasing studies find
that a sophisticated interlacing cytokine network is closely implicated in the onset, evolution …

Interleukin‐2, interleukin‐6 and T regulatory cells in peripheral blood of patients with Behçet's disease and recurrent aphthous ulcerations

FN Pekiner, E Aytugar, GY Demirel… - Journal of oral …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
J Oral Pathol Med (2012) 41: 73–79 Background: One of the factors involved in the
pathogenesis of Behçet disease (BD) and recurrent aphthous ulcerations (RAU) is a cell …

Effect of intravitreal methotrexate and aqueous humor cytokine levels in refractory retinal vasculitis in Behcet disease

JH Bae, SC Lee - Retina, 2012 - journals.lww.com
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the effect of intravitreal methotrexate
(MTX) in the treatment of refractory retinal vasculitis due to Behcet disease and to evaluate …

DNA damage and its relationship with other oxidative stress parameters in Behcet's disease

ED Sezer, K Aksu, O Caglayan, G Keser… - Rheumatology …, 2012 - Springer
Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystemic, chronic inflammatory, relapsing disorder that is
characterized by oral/genital ulcerations, ocular, arthritic, vascular, and neurologic …

[PDF][PDF] Association between red cell distribution width and disease activity in patients with Behcet's disease

S Akturk, E Akturk, E Kurtoglu, A Kaya… - J Clin Exp …, 2012 - researchgate.net
Aims: we aimed to investigate whether red cell distribution width (RDW) can also be used for
the assessment of disease activity in Behcet's disease (BD). Methods and results: Forty …

Visfatin levels in Behcet's disease

H Sezen, S Okumus, Y Pehlivan, I Dilli, M Tarakcioğlu… - Inflammation, 2012 - Springer
The aim of our study is to determine the serum visfatin levels of patients with Behcet's
disease and to investigate the relationship between visfatin, an adipokine released from …

Serum levels of TNF-α and osteoprotegerin and bone mineral density in patients with Behçet's Disease

A Kutlucan, SE Tunc, D Baltaci, M Sahin… - Dicle Tıp …, 2012 - dergipark.org.tr
Objectives: Osteoporosis is commonly developed due to natural course of Behçet's disease
(BD) and therapeutic agents. It was aimed to investigate levels of osteoprotegerin and TNF-α …

[PDF][PDF] INTERLEUKIN-6 PROMOTER POLYMORPHISM (-174 G/C) IN EGYPTIAN PATIENTS WITH BEHCET's DISEASE

RM Talaat, ME Ashour, I Bassyouni… - Biochemistry …, 2012 - blj.journals.ekb.eg
Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystem inflammatory disease characterized by recurrent
orogenital ulcerations, ocular inflammations, and skin lesions. The etiology of the disease is …

The use of biologic therapies for the treatment of ocular inflammation

NV Valentinčič, A Kraut - Slovenian Medical Journal, 2012 - vestnik.szd.si
Purpose of review: The paper summarizes the available studies on the use, efficacy, and
safety of biologic agents in the treatment of ocular inflammation. Methods: Presentation of …

[PDF][PDF] S. Sohn1, E.-S. Lee2, D. Bang3

S Sohn, ES Lee, D Bang - Clin Exp Rheumatol, 2012 - clinexprheumatol.org
Several animal models of Behçet's disease (BD) have been proposed according to putative
etiology. Among these models, the herpes simplex virus (HSV)-induced model produced the …