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The Tumor-Like Phenotype of Rheumatoid Synovium: Molecular Profiling and Prospects for Precision Medicine.
Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) - 1 May 2018
You Sungyong, Koh Jung Hee, Leng Lin, Kim Wan-Uk, Bucala Richard
Abstract excerpt
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease characterized by destructive hyperplasia of the synovium. Fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS) are a major component of synovial pannus and actively participate in the pathologic progression of RA. How rheumatoid FLS acquire and sustain such a uniquely aggressive phenotype remains poorly understood. We describe the current state of knowledge of the...
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