BACKGROUND
Oxidative stress in RA synovial tissue can cause DNA damage and suppress the DNA mismatch repair (MMR) system in cultured synoviocytes. This mechanism includes two enzyme complexes, hMutSalpha (hMSH2/hMSH6) and hMutSbeta (hMSH2/hMSH3).
OBJECTIVE
To examine the expression and distribution of MMR enzymes in synovial tissues from patients with arthritis and from normal subjects.
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