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AS = ankylosing spondylitis; B27 = histocompatibility antigen B27; CREST = calcinosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, esophageal dysfunction, sclerodactyly, telangiectasia; E 2 = estradiol-17β JRA = juvenile rheumatoid arthritis; RA = rheumatoid arthritis; RAD = rheumatic/autoimmune disease; SLE = systemic lupus erythematosus.
Monocyte/macrophage infiltration has a key role in the pathogenesis of chronic arthritis [ 8 ] . The release of pro-inflammatory cytokines, chemokines, growth factors, and enzymes by the synovial lining macrophages is important for the onset, propagation, and flare of arthritic inflammation [ 9 ] . The finding that the number of synovial tissue macrophages is correlated with joint destruction in rheumatoid arthritis is evidence of their importance [ 9 10 ] . Monocytes and macrophages are believed to have a similar role in other chronic inflammatory joint diseases, such as gout [ 11 ] and psoriatic arthropathy [ 12 ] . Therefore in this study we assessed the effects of mactinin on monocyte chemotaxis in vitro . We have also tested synovial fluid from patients with various types of arthritis, including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, reactive arthritis, gout, and ankylosing spondylitis, for the presence of the monocyte/macrophage maturation-promoting fragment, mactinin.
The strength of the early RANKL signal may be altered in the setting of inflammatory bone diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, in which high levels of RANKL expressed on either synovial cells or infiltrating T cells [ 43 44 ] may induce osteoclast formation despite the presence of exogenous or endogenous IFN-γ.
DMEM = Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium; ELISA = enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; FBS = fetal bovine serum; HSF = human synovial fibroblast; (r/t)IL-1Ra = (recombinant/transgenic) IL-1 receptor antagonist; OA = osteoarthritis; PBS = phosphate-buffered saline; PGE 2 = prostaglandin E 2 ; RA = rheumatoid arthritis.
RA = rheumatoid arthritis; RF = rheumatoid factor.
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