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Cadherin 11 promotes invasive behavior of fibroblast-like synoviocytes.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 May 2009
Kiener Hans P, Niederreiter Birgit, Lee David M, Jimenez-Boj Esther, Smolen Josef S, Brenner Michael B
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OBJECTIVE: To define the expression pattern of cadherin 11 in the destructive pannus tissue of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, and to determine whether cadherin 11 expression in fibroblast-like synoviocytes controls their invasive capacity. METHODS: Cadherin 11 expression in rheumatoid synovial tissue was evaluated using immunohistochemistry. To examine the role of cadherin 11 in regulating the invasive...
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