The therapeutic response to D-penicillamine in rheumatoid arthritis: influence of glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms

Layton, M A; Jones, P W; Alldersea, J E; Strange, R C; Fryer, A A; Dawes, P T; Mattey, D L

Abstract

To investigate whether the therapeutic response of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients to D-penicillamine is associated with polymorphisms in genes of the glutathione S-transferase (GST) supergene family.

Citation

Layton, M. A., Jones, P. W., Alldersea, J. E., Strange, R. C., Fryer, A. A., Dawes, P. T., & Mattey, D. L. (1999). The therapeutic response to D-penicillamine in rheumatoid arthritis: influence of glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms. Rheumatology, 38(1), 43 - 47. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/38.1.43

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Sep 2, 1998
• Online Publication Date: Jan 1, 1999
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 1999
• Journal: Rheumatology (Oxford)
• Print ISSN: 1462-0324
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 38
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 43 - 47
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/38.1.43
• Keywords: D-Pencillamine, Rheumatoid arthritis, Therapeutic response, Glutathione S-transferase, Polymorphism
• Publisher URL: http://rheumatology.oxfordjournals.org/content/38/1/43.long
• PMID: 10334681