Abstracts tagged "tofacitnib and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)"

Abstract Number: 1833 • ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting 2013
Combination Of TNF and IL-6 Induces Osteoclast-Like Cells With Bone-Resorption Activity Both In Vitro and In Vivo
Kazuhiro Yokota, Kojiro Sato and Toshihide Mimura, Department of Rheumatology and Applied Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan
Background/Purpose: Although TNF inhibitors suppress bone destruction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), TNFα stimulation alone does not directly induce osteoclasts, bone-resorbing cells. With the…