Fibroblast-like synoviocytes from rheumatoid arthritis patients have intrinsic properties of follicular dendritic cells.

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The production of IgG rheumatoid factors in the inflamed synovium of many patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) implies that local sites exist where plasma cell precursors undergo isotype switching and affinity maturation by somatic mutation and selection. Lymphonodular infiltrates of the synovium-containing germinal centers (GCs), are candidates to fulfill such function in the rheumatoid patient. It has been...

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