Background Overwhelming activation of granulocytes and monocytes is central to
inflammatory responses during sepsis. Granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis …

Adacolumn® is a medical device for adsorptive cytapheresis. It has been developed for
selective adsorption of granulocytes and monocytes from peripheral blood of patients with …

Objective: Dramatic improvements in clinical symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis and ulcerative
colitis were observed after patients received granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive …

La enfermedad inflamatoria intestinal (EII), concepto que engloba básicamente la colitis
ulcerosa (CU) y la enfermedad de Crohn (EC), es un trastorno crónico recurrente, cuya …

Intraocular inflammation (uveoretinitis) is one major complication of Behcet's disease (BD)
and responds poorly to drug therapy. This open prospective study was to assess the efficacy …

Depletion of granulocytes and monocytes (GM) by selective apheresis (GMA) with an
Adacolumn exerts an anti-inflammatory effect in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) or …

Background To clarify which types of cells produce interferon-γ-inducible protein 10 (IP-10)
and whether IP-10 is associated with the development of ulcerative colitis (UC), we …

The influence of the granulocyte/monocyte apheresis (GMCAP) on cell populations
participating in mechanisms of tolerance, eg dendritic cells (DCs), is still not very clear. In a …

There are several areas of overlap between gastroenterology and rheumatology, some
related to the side effects of drugs but others related to the similarities in probable …

Background The treatment of inflammatory leg ulcers complicated by rheumatoid arthritis
(RA), which are unresponsive to conventional care, can be frustrating. Furthermore, as …