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A role of monocyte chemoattractant protein-4 (MCP-4)/CCL13 from chondrocytes in rheumatoid arthritis.
The FEBS journal - 1 Sept 2007
Iwamoto Takuji, Okamoto Hiroshi, Kobayashi Shu, Ikari Katsunori, Toyama Yoshiaki, Tomatsu Taisuke, Kamatani Naoyuki, Momohara Shigeki
Abstract excerpt
We studied the role of monocyte chemoattractant (MCP)-4/CCL13 in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). MCP-4 was highly expressed in cartilage from RA patients. Interferon-gamma significantly stimulated MCP-4/CCL13 production in human chondrocytes, and this effect was enhanced in combination with interleukin-1beta or tumor necrosis factor-alpha. MCP-4/CCL13 induces the phosphorylation of extracellular...
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