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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha or TNF-alpha is a cytokine critical for effective immune surveillance and is required for proper proliferation and function of natural killer cells, T cells, B cells, macrophages, | Tumor necrosis factor-alpha or TNF-alpha is a cytokine critical for effective immune surveillance and is required for proper proliferation and function of natural killer cells, T cells, B cells, macrophages, | ||
- | Anti-TNF drugs are expensive, ineffective at treating chronic disease and have a number of adverse effects. | + | Anti-TNF drugs are expensive, ineffective at treating chronic disease and have a number of adverse effects. |
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- | Anti-TNF drugs can make a patient feel temporarily less symptomatic, | + | |
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- | //**U.S. Food and Drug Administration**//, | + | //**U.S. Food and Drug Administration**//, |
//M. tuberculosis// | //M. tuberculosis// | ||
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To reduce the likelihood of contracting or exacerbating tuberculosis, | To reduce the likelihood of contracting or exacerbating tuberculosis, | ||
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Researchers have also observed reactivation of latent viral infections, namely hepatitis B in patients who are chronic carriers of the virus. | Researchers have also observed reactivation of latent viral infections, namely hepatitis B in patients who are chronic carriers of the virus. | ||
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