• Internal medicine · Jul 2023

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    Tocilizumab Attenuates Anti-neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-associated Nephritis Occurring During Abatacept and Adalimumab Therapy for Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Case Report.

    • Yusuke Yoshimura, Shun Watanabe, Masayuki Yamanouchi, Daisuke Ikuma, Hiroki Mizuno, Akinari Sekine, Eiko Hasegawa, Tatsuya Suwabe, Kei Kono, Keiichi Kinowaki, Kenichi Ohashi, Yoshifumi Ubara, and Naoki Sawa.
    • Nephrology Center, Toranomon Hospital Kajigaya, Japan.
    • Intern. Med. 2023 Jul 15; 62 (14): 209921022099-2102.

    AbstractWe encountered an 86-year-old Japanese woman who presented with proteinuria (0.4 g/day) and hematuria (red blood cell sediment >100/high-power field), a decreased renal function (serum creatinine, 1.51 mg/dL), and elevated myeloperoxidase anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (MPO-ANCA) levels (231 IU/mL) during treatment of rheumatoid arthritis with abatacept (a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated antigen 4 agent) and adalimumab (a tumor necrosis factor-α agent). A kidney biopsy showed pauci-immune necrotizing glomerulonephritis, and ANCA-associated vasculitis was diagnosed. Treatment with tocilizumab (an interleukin 6 receptor antibody) monotherapy resulted in the improvement of renal findings and normalization of rheumatoid arthritis disease activity and serum ANCA levels. Tocilizumab can also suppress ANCA-associated vasculitis.

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