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Endothelial cell phenotypes in the rheumatoid synovium: activated, angiogenic, apoptotic and leaky.
Arthritis research & therapy - 1 Jan 2004
Middleton Jim, Americh Laure, Gayon Regis, Julien Denis, Aguilar Luc, Amalric Francois, Girard Jean-Philippe
Abstract excerpt
Endothelial cells are active participants in chronic inflammatory diseases. These cells undergo phenotypic changes that can be characterised as activated, angiogenic, apoptotic and leaky. In the present review, these phenotypes are described in the context of human rheumatoid arthritis as the disease example. Endothelial cells become activated in rheumatoid arthritis pathophysiology, expressing adhesion molecules...
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