Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Pharmacogenomics. 2014;15(15):1931–1940. doi: 10.2217/pgs.14.129

Table 1.

Studies of biomarkers for drug response in inflammatory diseases.

Study Drug class Type of
biomarker
Sample
size
Ages Ancestry Disease Ref.
Liu et al. Anti-TNF antibodies Genetic 89 >18 European Rheumatoid
arthritis
[23]
Plant et al. Anti-TNF antibodies Genetic 1340 >18 European Rheumatoid
arthritis
[24]
Krintel et al. Anti-TNF antibodies Genetic 196 European Rheumatoid
arthritis
[25]
Himes et al. Albuterol Genetic 1644 <18 (1 group),
>18 (7 groups)
European Asthma [30]
McGeachie
et al.
Albuterol Genetic 1644 <18 (1 group),
>18 (7 groups)
European Asthma [31]
Deng et al. Immunosuppressive
drugs
Gene
expression
629 >18 (recipients:
93.6%, donors:
82.1%)
European
(recipients:
72.3%,
donors:
71.4%)
Organ
transplant
[40]
Arijs et al. Anti-TNF antibodies Gene
expression
21 >18 NA Ulcerative
colitis
[42]
Arijs et al. Anti-TNF antibodies Gene
expression
19 >18 NA Crohn′s disease [43]
Toonen et al. Anti-TNF antibodies Gene
expression
42 >18 NA Rheumatoid
arthritis
[44]
Julia et al. Anti-TNF antibodies Gene
expression
44 >18 NA Rheumatoid
arthritis
[45]
Hakonarson
et al.
Glucocorticoids Gene-
expression
response
106 >18 European Asthma [53]
Hearing et al. Glucocorticoids Cellular assays 17 >18 NA Ulcerative
colitis
[46]
Lee et al. Glucocorticoids Cellular assays 29 >18 European Crohn′s disease [47]
Kirkham
et al.
Glucocorticoids Cellular assays Rheumatoid
arthritis
[49]
Corrigan
et al.
Glucocorticoids Cellular assays 16 >18 NA Asthma [50]
Langhoff
et al.
Glucocorticoids Cellular assays Organ
transplant
[51]
Cossu et al. Thiopurines Cellular assays 29 >18 NA Crohn′s disease [52]

NA: Not applicable.