Adsorptive granulocyte and monocyte apheresis versus prednisolone in patients with corticosteroid-dependent moderately severe ulcerative colitis

H Hanai, F Watanabe, M Yamada, Y Sato, K Takeuchi… - Digestion, 2004 - karger.com
Background/Aim: Active ulcerative colitis (UC) is often associated with increased peripheral
granulocytes and monocytes/macrophages which show activation behavior and prolonged …

Long-term clinical impact of early introduction of granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis in new onset, moderately active, extensive ulcerative colitis

T Yamamoto, S Umegae… - Journal of Crohn's and …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Background and aims: The efficacy of granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis
(GMA) for patients with a first episode of ulcerative colitis (UC) has been scarcely reported …

Intensive granulocyte and monocyte adsorption versus intravenous prednisolone in patients with severe ulcerative colitis: an unblinded randomised multi-centre …

H Hanai, T Iida, K Takeuchi, F Watanabe… - Digestive and Liver …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Several uncontrolled studies have reported on the efficacy of
adsorptive depletion of peripheral blood granulocytes and monocytes/macrophages (GMA) …

[HTML][HTML] Adsorptive granulocyte/monocyte apheresis for the maintenance of remission in patients with ulcerative colitis: a prospective randomized, double blind, sham …

K Fukunaga, Y Yokoyama, K Kamokozuru… - Gut and …, 2012 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods Thirty-three corticosteroid refractory patients with active UC received 10 weekly
GMA sessions as a remission induction therapy. They were then randomized to receive one …

Selective granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis as a first-line treatment for steroid naive patients with active ulcerative colitis: a prospective uncontrolled …

Y Suzuki, N Yoshimura, AR Saniabadi… - Digestive diseases and …, 2004 - Springer
Corticosteroid therapy of ulcerative colitis (UC) is associated with frequent adverse side
effects and poor quality of life. Recently, adsorptive granulocyte and monocyte/macrophage …

Leukocyte adsorptive apheresis for the treatment of active ulcerative colitis: a prospective, uncontrolled, pilot study

H Hanai, F Watanabe, K Takeuchi, T Iida… - Clinical …, 2003 - Elsevier
Background & Aims: Active ulcerative colitis (UC) is characterized by infiltration of activated
granulocytes and monocytes/macrophages (GM) within the large bowel mucosa. GM are …

In patients with ulcerative colitis, adsorptive depletion of granulocytes and monocytes impacts mucosal level of neutrophils and clinically is most effective in steroid …

T Tanaka, H Okanobu, S Yoshimi, E Murakami… - Digestive and Liver …, 2008 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND.: The aetiology of ulcerative colitis is inadequately understood, and drug
therapy has been empirical rather than based on sound understanding of disease aetiology …

[HTML][HTML] Looking for predictive factors of clinical response to adsorptive granulocyte and monocyte apheresis in patients with ulcerative colitis: markers of response to …

Y Yokoyama, M Kawai, K Fukunaga, K Kamikozuru… - BMC …, 2013 - Springer
Background Adsorptive granulocyte and monocyte apheresis (GMA) with an Adacolumn in
patients with ulcerative colitis (UC) has been applied as a non-pharmacological treatment …

Treatment of patients with acute ulcerative colitis: conventional corticosteroid therapy (MP) versus granulocytapheresis (GMA): a pilot study

G Bresci, G Parisi, A Mazzoni, F Scatena… - Digestive and liver …, 2007 - Elsevier
AIM: The aim of our pilot study is to report the efficacy of granulocytapheresis in patients with
acute ulcerative colitis with respect to the use of conventional corticosteroids such as …

Granulocytapheresis is useful as an alternative therapy in patients with steroid-refractory or-dependent ulcerative colitis

M Naganuma, S Funakoshi, A Sakuraba… - Inflammatory bowel …, 2004 - academic.oup.com
Background Recently, granulocyte and monocyte adsorption apheresis (GCAP) has been
shown to be safe and effective for active ulcerative colitis (UC). We analyzed the safety and …