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Effect of Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor Therapy on Osteoclasts Precursors in Ankylosing Spondylitis.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Perpétuo Inês P, Raposeiro Rita, Caetano-Lopes Joana, Vieira-Sousa Elsa, Campanilho-Marques Raquel, Ponte Cristina, Canhão Helena, Ainola Mari, Fonseca João E
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INTRODUCTION: Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is characterized by excessive local bone formation and concomitant systemic bone loss. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) plays a central role in the inflammation of axial skeleton and enthesis of AS patients. Despite reduction of inflammation and systemic bone loss, AS patients treated with TNF inhibitors (TNFi) have ongoing local bone formation. The aim of this study was to...
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