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Tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors have no effect on a human T-lymphotropic virus type-I (HTLV-I)-infected cell line from patients with HTLV-I-associated myelopathy.

Shoichi FukuiHideki NakamuraYoshiko TakahashiNaoki IwamotoHiroo HasegawaKatsunori YanagiharaTatsufumi NakamuraAkihiko OkayamaAtsushi Kawakami
Published in: BMC immunology (2017)
In vitro, TNFi did not affect the cytokine profiles, expression of associated genes and proteins, proviral load or apoptosis of HCT-5 cells. The results suggested that TNFi treatment of RA patients complicated with HTLV-I might have no effect on HTLV-I infection.
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