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Can sIL2-R differentiate between active sarcoidosis affecting small airways vs uncontrolled asthma and guide treatment with methotrexte vs biologics?

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Rheumatology · Baptist Health Jacksonville Rheumatology
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This is an interesting question. Just to provide a little context, I used to have a sarcoidosis-focused clinic where one day each week I would see only sarcoidosis patients. I also had a day of seeing only neurosarcoidosis patients once per month, together with neuroimmunology.

To be honest, since I...

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Pulmonology · Mayo Clinic
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Not exactly, and probably not with enough compelling precision to use it clinically. sIL-2R cannot reliably differentiate active small-airway sarcoidosis from uncontrolled asthma, nor can it independently select methotrexate versus biologic therapy. It is a marker of systemic T-lymphocyte/granuloma ...

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