Abstract Number: 1739 • 2014 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Immunomodulatory Properties of CD271+ and CD271- Synovial Mesenchymal Cells
Background/Purpose Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) have been isolated from synovium and represent a fraction of synovial fibroblast (SF) cultures. CD271+ is considered a MSC surface…Abstract Number: 1397 • 2013 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Changes In MMP In Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes Following Adipogenesis
Background/Purpose: Fibroblast-like synovial cells (FLS) play important roles in the disease progression of RA. FLS produce cytokines and chemokines that contribute to chronic inflammation…