Cytapheresis is an extracorporeal separation technique widely used in medicine for
elimination of specific classes of blood cells from circulating blood. It has been shown …

The biologic approach to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) therapy has been developed in
recent years based on better understanding of specific immunopathological processes in …

Although leukocytapheresis (LCAP) has been reported to be effective for the treatment of
various autoimmune disorders, little information has been published yet on the efficacy and …

Granulocyte and monocyte adsorption apheresis (GCAP) is a useful strategy for intractable
ulcerative colitis, but its mechanisms of therapy is not fully explained. Previously, depleting …

Granulocytes and monocytes/macrophages (GM) are known to constitute extra‐hepatic sites
for hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication and dissemination. Accordingly, we thought that …

BACKGROUND AND AIM.: Selective granulocyte and monocyte/macrophage adsorptive
apheresis is to increase the turnover of infected leucocytes and has increased CD4+ T cells …

We report on a female case of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with hepatitis C virus comorbidity.
The patient was treated once weekly over ten consecutive weeks with Adacolumn® device …

Leukocytapheresis (LCAP) is an apheresis technique for depleting pathogenic leukocytes
from the circulating blood to improve the condition of the patient. LCAP sensu lato has been …

Apheresis was introduced as an investigational approach for the management of rheumatic
diseases in the 1970s. 24 An increased understanding of the importance of plasma proteins …

We report an erythema nodosum (EN) patient whose condition becameapparent during the
clinical course of ulcerative colitis (UC). The patient relapsed frequently in spite of taking a …