Metalloproteinases, inflammation, and rheumatoid arthritis
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Metalloproteinases, inflammation, and rheumatoid arthritis.
Ideally, the inflammatory response occurs rapidly to terminate infection. It also must halt in a timely manner to stop this reaction from inflicting self damage. Such a highly regulated process results from altering balances in pro- and anti-inflammatory signals orchestrated by multiple cell types and factors within the tissue microenvironment. The discovery of new substrates of metalloproteina...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0003-4967
DOI: 10.1136/ard.62.suppl_2.ii43