TY - JOUR AU - Kobie, James J. AU - Zheng, Bo AU - Bryk, Peter AU - Barnes, Michael AU - Ritchlin, Christopher T. AU - Tabechian, Darren A. AU - Anandarajah, Allen P. AU - Looney, R. John AU - Thiele, Ralf G. AU - Anolik, Jennifer H. AU - Coca, Andreea AU - Wei, Chungwen AU - Rosenberg, Alexander F. AU - Feng, Changyong AU - Treanor, John J. AU - Lee, F. Eun-Hyung AU - Sanz, Ignacio PY - 2011 DA - 2011/12/16 TI - Decreased influenza-specific B cell responses in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor JO - Arthritis Research & Therapy SP - R209 VL - 13 IS - 6 AB - As a group, rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients exhibit increased risk of infection, and those treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy are at further risk. This increased susceptibility may result from a compromised humoral immune response. Therefore, we asked if short-term effector (d5-d10) and memory (1 month or later) B cell responses to antigen were compromised in RA patients treated with anti-TNF therapy. SN - 1478-6354 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/ar3542 DO - 10.1186/ar3542 ID - Kobie2011 ER -