TY - JOUR T1 - Dr. Nagashima and Dr. Minota reply JF - The Journal of Rheumatology JO - J Rheumatol SP - 1347 LP - 1347 DO - 10.3899/jrheum.081291 VL - 36 IS - 6 AU - TAKAO NAGASHIMA AU - SEIJI MINOTA Y1 - 2009/06/01 UR - http://www.jrheum.org/content/36/6/1347.1.abstract N2 - To the Editor:We thank Dr. Lewicki, et al for their report supporting our finding that blood adiponectin levels increase after administration of anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents to patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). As we discussed in our earlier article, there are conflicting reports about whether adiponectin increases or not after administration of anti-TNF agents to patients with RA. We previously considered that the differing results may have been due to racial factors, because other studies that supported … Address reprint requests to Dr. Nagashima. E-mail: naga4ma{at}jichi.ac.jp ER -