Putative biomarkers of vedolizumab resistance and underlying inflammatory pathways involved in IBD

Christoffer Soendergaard, Jakob Benedict Seidelin, Casper Steenholdt, Ole Haagen Nielsen

BMJ Open Gastroenterology · 2018 · 42 citations · 47 references

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Abstract

Patients with IBD failing vedolizumab induction and anti-TNF therapy have persistent IL-6 pathway activity, which could be a potential alternative treatment target. sCD40L, osteocalcin and the IL-6 pathway activity might be predictors for response to vedolizumab.

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