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Macrophages from the synovium of active rheumatoid arthritis exhibit an activin A-dependent pro-inflammatory profile.
The Journal of pathology - 1 Feb 2015
Soler Palacios Blanca, Estrada-Capetillo Lizbeth, Izquierdo Elena, Criado Gabriel, Nieto Concha, Municio Cristina, González-Alvaro Isidoro, Sánchez-Mateos Paloma, Pablos Jose Luis, Corbí Angel L, Puig-Kröger Amaya
Abstract excerpt
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory disease whose pathogenesis and severity correlates with the presence of macrophage-derived pro-inflammatory cytokines within the inflamed synovium. Macrophage-derived cytokines fuel the pathological processes in RA and are targets of clinically successful therapies. However, although macrophage polarization determines cytokine production, the polarization state...
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