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Cell and cytokine imbalances in rheumatoid synovitis.
Joint bone spine - 1 May 2011
Boissier Marie-Christophe
Abstract excerpt
Rheumatoid synovitis is a complex process in which systemic and local homeostatic dysregulation is expressed in the joint. The main genetic susceptibility factors are HLA-DRB1 alleles containing the shared epitope. Environmental factors predominate over genetic factors in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), and among them smoking is the most powerful. In RA, disruptions in self-tolerance lead to...
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