title: Individually disparate anti-inflammatory in-vivo susceptibility to corticosteroids in renal transplant recipients.
abstract: We used the strength of suppression of the interleukin-1-induced peak CRP response (CRPmax) post-transplant as a measure for the individual steroid susceptibility in vivo. This suppressive effect proved to be fully reversible after abrogation of steroid therapy following graft removal. The standardized suppressive therapy immediately post-transplant led to extremely different results in individual patients ranging from no suppression (26.1% of the patients) to a strong or practically absolute suppression of CRP synthesis in 20.7% of the patients studied. This behaviour is also reflected in anti-rejection bolus therapy whereby the percentage of prednisolone resistant patients strongly correlated with increasing (unsuppressed) CRPmax values. From our data we conclude that the disparate anti-inflammatory susceptibility for corticosteroids seems to be an individual feature of patients under high-dose steroid treatment.
mesh_terms: D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000378:metabolism*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000187:drug effects*; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D016030:Kidney Transplantation; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D011239:Prednisolone; D001379:Azathioprine