Ustekinumab Improves Active Crohn’s Disease by Suppressing the T Helper 17 Pathway
Author(s) -
Yutaro Ihara,
Takehiro Torisu,
Kohta Miyawaki,
Junji Umeno,
Keisuke Kawasaki,
Atsushi Hirano,
Shin Fujioka,
Yuta Fuyuno,
Yuichi Matsuno,
Takeshi Sugio,
Kensuke Sasaki,
Tomohiko Moriyama,
Koichi Akashi,
Takanari Kitazono
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
digestion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.882
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1421-9867
pISSN - 0012-2823
DOI - 10.1159/000518103
Subject(s) - ustekinumab , medicine , crohn's disease , tumor necrosis factor alpha , flow cytometry , immunology , interleukin 23 , interleukin 17 , t cell , gastroenterology , disease , cytokine , immune system , adalimumab
Ustekinumab (UST), an antibody targeting the p40 subunit of interleukin (IL)-12 and IL-23, is effective in treating Crohn's disease (CD). To clarify the mechanism of UST, we investigated T-cell differentiation in CD patients treated with UST.
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