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Inhibition of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 ameliorates rat adjuvant-induced arthritis.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 1 Mar 2008
Shahrara Shiva, Proudfoot Amanda E I, Park Christy C, Volin Michael V, Haines G Kenneth, Woods James M, Aikens Christopher H, Handel Tracy M, Pope Richard M
Abstract excerpt
Chemokines, including RANTES/CCL5 and MCP-1/CCL2, are highly expressed in the joints of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and they promote leukocyte migration into the synovial tissue. This study was conducted to determine whether the inhibition of RANTES and MCP-1 therapeutically was capable of ameliorating rat of adjuvant-induced arthritis (AIA). Postonset treatment of AIA using a novel inhibitor for...
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