Abstracts tagged "MicroRNA and rheumatoid arthritis"

Abstract Number: 1832 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Discovery of MicroRNAs in the Regulation of Inflammation and Bone Erosion in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Ellen M. Gravallese¹, Yukiko Maeda¹, Nicholas Farina², Paul Fanning³ and Jane Lian², ¹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, ²Department of Biochemistry, University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, VT, ³Department of Orthopedics, University of Massachusetts Medical School, worcester, MA
Background/Purpose: Focal articular bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is mediated by osteoclasts and repair of erosion by osteoblasts is uncommon, despite the use of…