adalimumab and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) Archives

Abstract Number: 1455 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Comparison Of Serum Matrix Metalloproteinase-3 Levels In Rheumatoid Arthritis After Treatment With Adalimumub Or Abatacept For 24 Weeks
Yosuke Hattori¹, Atsushi Kaneko¹, Daihei Kida², Hisato Ishikawa³, Toshihisa Kojima⁴ and Naoki Ishiguro⁵, ¹Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan, ²Department of Rheumatology and Orthopedic Surgery, Nagoya Medical Center, Nagoya, Japan, ³Nagoya Medical Center, nagano, Japan, ⁴Orthopedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan, ⁵Orthopaedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan
Background/Purpose : MMP-3 is an enzyme produced by synoviocytes, and is a marker of synovitis that gives a more direct indication of actual joint destruction…

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