Early experiences with azathioprine in ulcerative colitis; a note of caution.
Early experiences with azathioprine in ulcerative colitis; a note of caution.
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硫唑嘌呤治疗溃疡性结肠炎的早期经验;
DOI:
10.1001/jama.1966.03100060100027
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发表时间:
1966
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通讯作者:
J. Kirsner
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作者:
G. E. Bowen;G. V. Irons;J. Rhodes;J. Kirsner
Several informative studies have described the use of immunosuppressive agents in diseases classified as auto-immune in pathogenesis. Dameshek and Schwartz 1,2 have shown that certain antimetabolities are capable of creating a drug-induced immunologic tolerance that theoretically should reduce the activity of diseases produced by altered immune mechanisms. Various immunosuppressive agents have been observed experimentally to reduce or prevent the primary 3,4 and secondary 5 immune response in animals, decrease the level of γ-globulin, 6 inhibit immediate and delayed hypersensitivity, 7 and to induce a prolonged functionalsurvival state in homograft material. 8,9 Furthermore, various clinical trials 10-13 suggest potential beneficial effects of immunosuppressive agents in diseases such as systemic lupus erythematosus, auto-immune hemolytic anemia, hyperglobulinemia purpura, erythema nodosum, and polyarteritis nodosa, identified with immunologic mechanisms. One of these agents, azathioprine (Imuran) 14,15 has shown sufficient promise to justify a clinical trial in ulcerative colitis. Azathioprine is a heterocyclic derivative of 6-mercaptopurine