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Mediation of nonerosive arthritis in a mouse model of lupus by interferon-alpha-stimulated monocyte differentiation that is nonpermissive of osteoclastogenesis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Apr 2010
Mensah Kofi A, Mathian Alexis, Ma Lin, Xing Lianping, Ritchlin Christopher T, Schwarz Edward M
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OBJECTIVE: In contrast to rheumatoid arthritis (RA), the joint inflammation referred to as Jaccoud's arthritis that occurs in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is nonerosive. Although the mechanism responsible is unknown, the antiosteoclastogenic cytokine interferon-alpha (IFNalpha), whose trans...
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