Gene Expression Profiling in Behcet’s Disease Indicates an Autoimmune Component in the Pathogenesis of the Disease and Opens New Avenues for Targeted Therapy

Table 1

Clinical features of the patients with BD included in the study.

Patients		51 (100%)
Sex	Male	16 (31%)
	Female	35 (68%)
Clinical features	Aphthous stomatitis	51 (100%)
	Genital ulcers	34 (66%)
	Erythema nodosum-like lesions	7 (13%)
	Papulopustular lesion	37 (72%)
	Uveitis	5 (9%)
	Epididymitis	3 (5%)
	Neurological symptoms	8 (14%)
	Vasculitis	6 (12%)
	Joints manifestations	43 (84%)
	Gastrointestinal involvement	3 (5%)
	Association with HLA-B51	32 (62%)
Patients utilised for gene array study		10 (100%)
Sex	Male	6
	Female	4
Clinical features	Aphthous stomatitis	10 (100%)
	Genital ulcers	4 (40%)
	Erythema nodosum-like lesions	1 (10%)
	Papulopustular lesion	8 (80%)
	Uveitis	1 (10%)
	Epididymitis	0
	Neurological symptoms	1 (10%)
	Vasculitis	3 (30%)
	Joint manifestation	8 (80%)
	Gastrointestinal involvement	0
	Association with HLA-B51	7 (70%)