RESEARCH - Why certain patients don't respond to steroids: one possible explanation

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Lupus Foundation of America

Why Certain Patients Don't Respond to Steroids: One Possible Explanation

CD4+CD25int T Cells in Inflammatory Diseases Refractory to Treatment

with Glucocorticoids

The Journal of Immunology, Volume 179, Number 11, December 1, 2007,

pp. 7941-7948

What is the topic?

Steroid medications are often prescribed for people with lupus or

other autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis. Although

steroids have many undesirable side effects, they work quickly and

very well to control lupus. However, for a small percentage of lupus

patients, steroids don't provide relief; these patients are said to be

" steroid resistant " (SR), and must take other medicines, most of which

are not as rapidly active, to treat their disease flares.

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