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Overexpression of heparanase enhances T lymphocyte activities and intensifies the inflammatory response in a model of murine rheumatoid arthritis.
Scientific reports - 12 Apr 2017
Digre Andreas, Singh Kailash, Åbrink Magnus, Reijmers Rogier M, Sandler Stellan, Vlodavsky Israel, Li Jin-Ping
Abstract excerpt
Heparanase is an endo-glucuronidase that degrades heparan sulfate chains. The enzyme is expressed at a low level in normal organs; however, elevated expression of heparanase has been detected in several inflammatory conditions, e.g. in the synovial joints of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Herein, we have applied the model of collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) to transgenic mice overexpressing human heparanase...
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