ArticleFrontiers in pharmacology2022
Tofacitinib Decreases Autophagy of Fibroblast-Like Synoviocytes From Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients.
Article in Frontiers in pharmacology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers.
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- Unveiling the Therapeutic Potential: Targeting Fibroblast-like Synoviocytes in Rheumatoid Arthritis.Expert reviews in molecular medicine · 2025Review
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- 3-MA attenuates collagen-induced arthritis in vivo via anti-inflammatory effect and autophagy inhibition.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2025Article
- Silencing aquaporin 1 inhibits autophagy to exert anti-rheumatoid arthritis effects in TNF-α-induced fibroblast-like synoviocytes and adjuvant-induced arthritis ratsInflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2025Article
- JAK Inhibitors in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Immunomodulatory Properties and Clinical Efficacy.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Geniposide augments apoptosis in fibroblast-like synoviocytes by restoring hypoxia-enhanced JNK-BNIP3-mediated autophagy.Inflammation research : official journal of the European Histamine Research Society ... [et al.] · 2023Article
- [Berberine inhibits autophagy and promotes apoptosis of fibroblast-like synovial cells from rheumatoid arthritis patients through the ROS/mTOR signaling pathway].Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2023Article
- Advances of the small molecule drugs regulating fibroblast-like synovial proliferation for rheumatoid arthritis.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Review
- Targeting fibroblast-like synoviocytes in rheumatoid arthritis.Current opinion in pharmacology · 2022Review
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Abstract
The pathway of Janus tyrosine kinases (JAKs) has a central role in the pathogenesis of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) by regulating multiple immune functions and cytokine production. The JAK inhibitor tofacitinib is effective in RA patients not responding to methotrexate or TNF-inhibitors. Since hyperactive autophagy has been associated with impaired apoptosis of RA fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLS), we aimed to investigate the role of tofacitinib in modulating autophagy and apoptosis in these cells. FLS isolated from RA biopsies were cultured with tofacitinib in presence of autophagy inducer rapamycin and in serum deprivation condition. Levels of autophagy, apoptosis, and citrullinated proteins were analyzed by western blot, flow cytometry, immunocytofluorescence, and Real-Time PCR. Rapamycin induced an increase in RA-FLS autophagy while the levels of autophagy marker LC3-II were reduced after
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