TY - JOUR AU - Khalid, Sabeen AU - Yousaf, Muhammad Javad AU - Rashid, Amir AU - Khan, Saleem Ahmad PY - 2019/05/22 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Gene expression of Interleukin-18 in rheumatoid arthritis patients on disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug therapy: Interleukin-18 expression in rheumatoid arthritis JF - Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences JA - Pak J Med Sci VL - 35 IS - 3 SE - Original Articles DO - 10.12669/pjms.35.3.1070 UR - https://www.pjms.org.pk/index.php/pjms/article/view/1070 SP - AB - Background & Objectives: The hallmark of rheumatoid arthritis is the inflammation that is mediated by the macrophages and monocytes that cause release of pro-inflammatory cytokines like interleukin-18. It is highly expressed in serum of patients suffering from rheumatoid arthritis and has a positive association with disease activity. The aim of this study was to analyze the gene expression of interleukin-18 in rheumatoid arthritis patients on disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug therapy.Methods: The cross sectional comparative study is conducted at Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and Center for Research in Experimental and Applied Medicine (CREAM-1Lab), Army Medical College, Rawalpindi, in collaboration with Rheumatology Department, Military Hospital, Rawalpindi. Study was conducted on two groups consisting of Group-I of rheumatoid arthritis patients on diseases modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and control Group-II comprising of normal healthy individuals. Non-probability purposive sampling was done from patients and controls. The duration of study was one year i-e from November 2015 to November 2016. Relative quantification of gene expression of interleukin-18 was done by Real time PCR using ∆∆CT method.Results: Expression analysis for interleukin-18 showed down regulation of gene in rheumatoid arthritis patients as compared to controls.Conclusion: Interleukin-18 gene shows down regulation in rheumatoid arthritis patients on disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs therapy.doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.3.1070How to cite this:Khalid S, Yousaf MJ, Rashid A, Khan SA. Gene expression of Interleukin-18 in rheumatoid arthritis patients on disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug therapy. Pak J Med Sci. 2019;35(3):802-806. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.35.3.1070This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ER -