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Class switched memory B cells are enriched in the synovium after rituximab treatment
Arthritis Research & Therapy volume 9, Article number: P24 (2007)
A 49-year-old female was diagnosed with polyarticular, rheumatoid factor-positive juvenile idiopathic arthritis at the age of 15. Advanced destruction required bilateral knee joint replacement 8 years later. Persistent inflammatory activity led to rituximab treatment (1,000 mg on days 1 and 15) in an advanced disease stage. Peripheral blood analyses showed immediate B-cell depletion. Synovial tissue histology 8 months later in the early reconstitution phase revealed scattered follicular-like infiltrates including CD20+ B cells. Flow cytometry of homogenized tissue showed CD19+ B cells predominantly representing an IgD-CD27+ class switched memory phenotype, which was contrasted by >90% IgD+CD27- peripheral blood B cells. This observation, which indicates either local persistence or early B-cell repopulation and a composition of synovial B cells discordant to peripheral blood, could have an impact on the future development of monitoring strategies after rituximab treatment in arthritis.
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Möller, B., Vajtai, I., Adler, S. et al. Class switched memory B cells are enriched in the synovium after rituximab treatment. Arthritis Res Ther 9 (Suppl 3), P24 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1186/ar2250
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