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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-10-29
pubmed:abstractText
The expression of messenger RNA encoding neutral metalloproteinases and the tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP) in human arthritic synovium was evaluated in situ, using RNA probes. Interstitial collagenase and stromelysin were expressed by synovial lining cells in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Proteinase messenger RNA was found both in cells expressing mononuclear phagocyte antigens and in cells that were negative for the antigens. TIMP was also expressed predominantly along the synovial lining layer. In highly inflammatory RA, TIMP expression appeared less intense than that of the proteases. In osteoarthritic synovium, TIMP was expressed at easily detectable levels, whereas the expression of collagenase and stromelysin was less prominent. The balance between expression of the metalloproteinases and of the metalloproteinase inhibitor in synovium appears to be altered during inflammation. These results are consistent with the notion that synovium plays different roles in the cartilage damage of RA and of osteoarthritis.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0004-3591
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1085-93
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Expression of metalloproteinases and metalloproteinase inhibitor in human arthritic synovium.
pubmed:affiliation
Veterans Administration Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't