Humoral immunity to varicella zoster virus is altered in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Marco KrasseltChristoph BaerwaldUwe G LiebertOlga Seifert

Published in: Clinical rheumatology (2019)

• Humoral immunity to varicella zoster virus seems to be reduced in patients with RA. • This impaired immunity might contribute to the increased herpes zoster susceptibility in RA patients. • An accelerated immunosenescence in RA could be causative for this finding.

Keyphrases

rheumatoid arthritis
immune response
end stage renal disease
disease activity
newly diagnosed
ejection fraction
chronic kidney disease
ankylosing spondylitis
prognostic factors
interstitial lung disease
patient reported outcomes
idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis