Open Journal of Rheumatology and Autoimmune Diseases

Vol.7 No.1(2017), Paper ID 73400, 8 pages

DOI:10.4236/ojra.2017.71004

 

Tocilizumab Significantly Decreases Reactive Oxygen Species Level in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis

 

Naoki Kondo, Katsumitsu Arai, Takahiro Netsu, Tomotake Kanai, Hiroshige Sano, Go Okumura, Yasufumi Kijima, Junichi Fujisawa, Naoto Endo

 

Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Regenerative and Transplant Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Niigata Prefectural Chuo Hospital, Joetsu, Japan
Division of Rheumatology, Nagaoka Red Cross Hospital, Nagaoka, Japan
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Regenerative and Transplant Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Regenerative and Transplant Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Regenerative and Transplant Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Regenerative and Transplant Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Regenerative and Transplant Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan
Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Department of Regenerative and Transplant Medicine, Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Niigata, Japan

 

Copyright © 2017 Naoki Kondo, Katsumitsu Arai, Takahiro Netsu, Tomotake Kanai, Hiroshige Sano, Go Okumura, Yasufumi Kijima, Junichi Fujisawa, Naoto Endo et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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Kondo, N. , Arai, K. , Netsu, T. , Kanai, T. , Sano, H. , Okumura, G. , Kijima, Y. , Fujisawa, J. and Endo, N. (2017) Tocilizumab Significantly Decreases Reactive Oxygen Species Level in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Open Journal of Rheumatology and Autoimmune Diseases, 7, 46-52. doi: 10.4236/ojra.2017.71004.

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