Mesenchymal stromal cells. Nurse-like cells reside in the synovial tissue and bone marrow in rheumatoid arthritis

A major question concerning the immunopathology of rheumatoid arthritis is why the disease is localized to particular joints. A possible explanation could be the presence within the synovium of cells that foster inflammation or easy accessibility of the synovium to migratory disease enhancing cells....

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Main Authors: Ochi, Takahiro, Yoshikawa, Hideki, Toyosaki-Maeda, Tomoko, Lipsky, Peter E
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2007
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1860058/