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Macrophage migration inhibitory factor up-regulates expression of matrix metalloproteinases in synovial fibroblasts of rheumatoid arthritis.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 7 Jan 2000
Onodera S, Kaneda K, Mizue Y, Koyama Y, Fujinaga M, Nishihira J
Abstract excerpt
Neutral matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are responsible for the pathological features of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) such as degradation of cartilage. We herein show the up-regulation of MMP-1 (interstitial collagenase) and MMP-3 (stromelysin) mRNAs of cultured synovial fibroblasts retrieved from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients in response to macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF). The elevation of MMP-1...
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