Research Article

Methylation Status of Alu and LINE-1 Interspersed Repetitive Sequences in Behcet’s Disease Patients

Table 1

Patient demographics and medications.

GroupAgeSexDisease scoreMedicationsActive extraocular findingsTotal extraocular findingsActive/inactive uveitis

1Inactive32M0Interferon Alpha 2a (3 million) every other dayOA, GU, folliculitis, pathergy positivity, and joint involvementInactive
2Inactive25F0Cyclosporine-A 150 mg/day and Azathioprine 100 mgOA, GU, and ENInactive
4Inactive27M0Infliximab infusions (5 mg /kg) at 0, 2, and 6 and then every 4–8 weeks was administeredOA, GU, and folliculitisInactive
5Inactive41M0Cyclosporine 2.5 mg/kg/day, Azathioprine 100 mg/dayOA, GU, EN, and joint involvementInactive
6Inactive37F0Interferon Alpha 2a (3 million) every other dayOA, GU, EN, folliculitis, pathergy positivity, and joint involvementInactive
7Inactive33M0Azathioprine 100 mg/dayOA, GU, folliculitis, pathergy positivity, joint involvement, vascular involvement, and neurological involvementInactive
8Inactive41M0Cyclosporine-A 2.5 mg/kg/day, Azathioprine 100 mg/dayOA, folliculitis, and pathergy positivityInactive
9Inactive40F0UnmedicatedOA, GU, folliculitis, and pathergy positivityInactive
10Inactive57M0UnmedicatedOA, GU, EN, joint involvement, and vascular involvementInactive
11Inactive26M0Cyclosporine-A 2.5 mg/kg/day, Azathioprine 100 mg/dayOA, GU, EN, folliculitis, and joint involvementInactive
12Inactive21F3UnmedicatedOAOA, GU, EN, and folliculitisInactive
13Inactive46M0Cyclosporine-A 2.5 mg/kg/day, Azathioprine 100 mg/dayOA, GUInactive
16Inactive34F0UnmedicatedOA, GU, EN, pathergy positivity, and joint involvementInactive
17Inactive54M0Azathioprine 100 mg/dayOA, GU, EN, folliculitis, joint involvement, vascular involvement, and neurological involvementInactive
18Inactive40M0Cyclosporine-A 2.5 mg/kg/day, Azathioprine 100 mg/dayOA, GU, EN, and joint involvementInactive
19Inactive35M0Interferon Alpha 2a (3 million) every other dayOA, GU, and pathergy positivityInactive
20Inactive36M0Interferon Alpha 2a (3 million) every other dayOA, GU, EN, pathergy positivity, joint involvement, and vascular involvementInactive

1Active46M7Interferon Alpha 2a (3 million) every other dayOA, GEOA, GU, EN, pathergy positivity, and vascular involvementActive U
2Active33M8Interferon Alpha 2a (3 million) every other dayOA, GU, ENOA, GU, pathergy positivity, EN, and joint involvementActive
3Active21M7Interferon Alpha 2a (3 million) every other dayOA, PPOA, GU, EN, pathergy positivity, and joint involvementActive
4Active31M7Cyclosporine-A 2.5 mg/kg/day, Azathioprine 100 mg/dayOA, PPOA, GU, folliculitis, and pathergy positivityActive
5Active30M7Interferon Alpha 2a (3 million) every other dayOA, PPOA, GU, EN, folliculitis, pathergy positivity, joint involvement, and neurological involvementActive
6Active37F7Interferon Alpha 2a (3 million) every other dayOA, PPOA, GU, EN, folliculitis, and joint involvement,Active
7Active49F5Cyclosporine-A 2.5 mg/kg/day, Azathioprine 100 mg/dayOAOA, GU, EN, folliculitis, pathergy positivity, and joint involvementActive
8Active18F5Interferon Alpha 2a (3 million) every other dayOAOA, GU, and ENActive
9Active31M7Interferon alpha 2a (3 Million) every other dayOA, PPOA, GU, folliculitis, pathology positivity, and vascular involvementActive
10Active34M5Cyclosporine-A 2.5 mg/kg/day, Azathioprine 100 mg/dayOAOA, PP, and Joint involvementActive U
11Active27F7Interferon Alpha 2a (3 million) every other dayOA, GUOA, GUActive U
12Active38M9Cyclosporine-A 2.5 mg/kg/day, Azathioprine 100 mg/dayOAOA, GU, folliculitis, and GIActive U

F: female; M: male
U: Uveitis; OA: oral ulcers; GU: genital ulcers; EN: erythema nodosum; GI: gastrointestinal involv.