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ReviewNature reviews. Rheumatology2019

Anti-inflammatory and immune-regulatory cytokines in rheumatoid arthritis.

Zhu Chen, Aline Bozec, Andreas Ramming, Georg Schett

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Review in Nature reviews. Rheumatology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 386 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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386 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Zhu ChenDepartment of Rheumatology and Immunology, The First Affiliated Hospital of the University of Science and Technology of China, Division of Life Sciences and Medicine, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
Aline BozecDepartment of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitatsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Andreas RammingDepartment of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitatsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany.
Georg SchettDepartment of Internal Medicine 3, Friedrich Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg and Universitatsklinikum Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany. georg.schett@uk-erlangen.de.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease characterized by a failure of spontaneous resolution of inflammation. Although the pro-inflammatory cytokines and mediators that trigger RA have been the focus of intense investigations, the regulatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines responsible for the suppression and resolution of disease in a context-dependent manner have been less well characterized. However, knowledge of the pathways that control the suppression and resolution of inflammation in RA is clinically relevant and conceptually important for understanding the pathophysiology of the disease and for the development of treatments that enable long-term remission. Cytokine-mediated processes such as the activation of T helper 2 cells by IL-4 and IL-13, the resolution of inflammation by IL-9, IL-5-induced eosinophil expansion, IL-33-mediated macrophage polarization, the production of IL-10 by regulatory B cells and IL-27-mediated suppression of lymphoid follicle formation are all involved in governing the regulation and resolution of inflammation in RA. By better understanding these immune-regulatory signalling pathways, new therapeutic strategies for RA can be envisioned that aim to balance and resolve, rather than suppress, inflammation.

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Anti-Inflammatory AgentsArthritis, RheumatoidAutoimmune DiseasesCytokinesEosinophilsHumansImmunologic FactorsImmunomodulationInflammationOsteoclastsTh2 CellsAnti-Inflammatory AgentsCytokinesImmunologic Factors

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