The rise in DNA synthesis in regenerating rat liver is inhibited by azathioprine (40 mg/kg). Regeneration in the presence of azathioprine occurs by hypertrophy as assessed both by an increase in the ratio of RNA or protein to DNA and by an increase in diameter of the hepatocytes. Mitoses that occur in azathioprine-treated regenerating liver result from a G2 population that is apparently stimula...

BACKGROUND The impact of azathioprine and 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) on the innate immunity and mucosal flora is unknown. The study investigated the influence of IBD treatment on the concentrations and spatial organization of mucosal bacteria using fluorescence in situ hybridization with 16s r-RNA targeting probes. METHODS We prospectively investigated colonoscopic biopsies from five group...

AIM To conduct a pragmatic, randomized controlled trial to assess whether thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) genotyping prior to azathioprine reduces adverse drug reactions (ADRs). METHODS A total of 333 participants were randomized 1:1 to undergo TPMT genotyping prior to azathioprine or to commence treatment without genotyping. RESULTS There was no difference in the primary outcome of sto...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Azathioprine is of major importance in the treatment of Crohn's disease; its efficacy has been showed in several works, but real-life data regarding its use is scarce. Our aim was to address the outcome of patients with Crohn's disease under azathioprine in the real-life setting. METHODS Crohn's disease patients followed at an Inflammatory Bowel Disease Outpatient Clinic u...

We report the case of a 42-year-old female with a 5-year history of rheumatoid arthritis treated with Rituximab and Azathioprine. Three months after the initiation of Azathioprine, the patient started with dry cough and noted the rapid development of multiple subcutaneous nodules on her right leg. CT scan of the chest demonstrates pulmonary nodulosis. Skin biopsy was compatible with rheumatoid ...

Thiopurine methyltransferase (TPMT) is implicated in the metabolism of azathioprine. The consequences of differential TPMT activity induction by azathioprine on the long-term results after renal transplantation were investigated. The erythrocyte TPMT activity in 82 patients on days 0, 7, and 30 was prospectively evaluated. Because various patterns of TPMT activity variation were noted, the popu...