17β-Estradiol Induces IL-1 α Gene Expression in Rheumatoid Fibroblast-Like Synovial Cells through Estrogen Receptor α (ERα) and Augmentation of Transcriptional Activity of Sp1 by Dissociating Histone Deacetylase 2 from ERα

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Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) occurs four times more frequently in women than in men, although the mechanistic basis of the gender difference is unknown. RA is characterized by the overproliferation of synoviocytes producing proinflammatory cytokines such as IL-1, implicated in the pathogenesis of the disease. In this study we examined whether 17beta-estradiol (E2) induced IL-1alpha mRNA expression in the rheumatoid...

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