Splenic SUVmax: control 2.16 ± 0.45; RA, DMARD 2.20 ± 0.21, p = 0.817 versus controls; RA, TNF inhibition 2.65 ± 0.48, p = 0.01 versus all other groups) (Fig. 3). This evidence concerns the gene TNF and rheumatoid arthritis.