Side effects of methotrexate therapy for rheumatoid arthritis: A systematic review

W Wang, H Zhou, L Liu - European journal of medicinal chemistry, 2018 - Elsevier
Methotrexate (MTX) is used as an anchor disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs
(DMARDs) in treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) because of its potent efficacy and tolerability …

Difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis: an area of unmet clinical need

MJH de Hair, JWG Jacobs, JLM Schoneveld… - …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Increased effectiveness of pharmacological treatments in early RA has led many to believe
that difficult-to-treat, established RA is a condition of the past. However, there are still plenty …

Comparison of the clinical efficacy and safety of subcutaneous versus oral administration of methotrexate in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis: results of a six …

J Braun, P Kästner, P Flaxenberg… - Arthritis & …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To compare the efficacy and safety of subcutaneous (SC) versus oral
administration of methotrexate (MTX) in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) …

Molecular basis for pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis therapy

K Inoue, H Yuasa - Drug metabolism and pharmacokinetics, 2014 - jstage.jst.go.jp
Methotrexate (MTX) is a derivative of folic acid (folate) and commonly used as an anchor
drug for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). The pharmacokinetics (PK) and …

A clinical pharmacogenetic model to predict the efficacy of methotrexate monotherapy in recent‐onset rheumatoid arthritis

JAM Wessels, SM van der Kooij… - Arthritis & …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To develop a clinical pharmacogenetic model to predict the efficacy of
methotrexate (MTX) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods Two hundred five patients with …

Low expression of CD39 on regulatory T cells as a biomarker for resistance to methotrexate therapy in rheumatoid arthritis

RS Peres, FY Liew, J Talbot… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an inflammatory autoimmune disease characterized by joint
destruction and severe morbidity. Methotrexate (MTX) is the standard first-line therapy of RA …

Three decades of low-dose methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis: can we predict toxicity?

VC Romão, A Lima, M Bernardes, H Canhao… - Immunologic …, 2014 - Springer
Methotrexate (MTX) is the anchor disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD) in
rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment. It is used in monotherapy and/or in combination with …

An update on methotrexate

J Braun, R Rau - Current opinion in rheumatology, 2009 - journals.lww.com
In this review, we especially cover the following themes: new clinical studies on the use of
MTX in RA, the use of MTX in other rheumatic conditions, prediction of response to MTX …

PharmGKB summary: methotrexate pathway

TS Mikkelsen, CF Thorn, JJ Yang… - Pharmacogenetics …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
Methotrexate is a folate analog that is used in the treatment of cancers (eg acute
lymphoblastic leukemia, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, osteosarcoma, and colon cancer) and …

Methotrexate (MTX) pathway gene polymorphisms and their effects on MTX toxicity in Caucasian and African American patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

P Ranganathan, R Culverhouse, S Marsh… - The Journal of …, 2008 - jrheum.org
OBJECTIVE: Research has examined the association of folate-dependent gene
polymorphisms with methotrexate (MTX) toxicity in racially homogenous patients with …