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IL-1β at the crossroad between rheumatoid arthritis and type 2 diabetes: may we kill two birds with one stone?
Paola Di BenedettoSaverio AlvaroRoberto GiacomelliVasiliki LiakouliFrancesco CicciaGiovanni TrioloFrancesco CarubbiPaola CiprianiOnorina BerardicurtiGiuliana GugginoPiero Ruscittisubject
0301 basic medicinemedicine.medical_specialtyIL-1 blocking agentpathogenesimedicine.medical_treatmentInterleukin-1betaImmunologyType 2 diabetesComorbiditymacrophagePathogenesisArthritis Rheumatoid03 medical and health sciencesHealth careMedicineAnimalsHumansImmunology and AllergyRheumatoid arthritisIntensive care medicineAntibodies BlockingRheumatoid arthrititype 2 diabetebusiness.industryIL-1 blocking agentsIncidence (epidemiology)pathogenesisInterleukinImmunotherapybiologic drug; IL-1 blocking agents; IL-1β; macrophage; pathogenesis; Rheumatoid arthritis; type 2 diabetes; Immunology and Allergy; Immunologymedicine.diseaseComorbiditySettore MED/16 - Reumatologia030104 developmental biologyDiabetes Mellitus Type 2IL-1βRheumatoid arthritisImmunologyImmunotherapytype 2 diabetesbusinessbiologic drugdescription
ABSTRACT: Although in the past the prevention of joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) was strongly emphasized, now a great interest is focused on associated comorbidities in these patients. Multiple data suggest that a large percentage of RA patients are affected by Type 2 Diabetes (T2D), whose incidence has reached epidemic levels in recent years, thus increasing the health care costs. A better knowledge about the pathogenesis of these diseases as well as the mechanisms of action of drugs may allow both policy designers and physicians to choose the most effective treatments, thus lowering the costs. This review will focus on the role of Interleukin (IL)-1β in the pathogenesis of both the diseases, the efficacy of IL-1 blocking molecules in controlling these diseases, and will provide information suggesting that targeting IL-1β, in patients affected by both RA and T2D, may be a promising therapeutic choice.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-01 |