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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2023

Role of the granzyme family in rheumatoid arthritis: Current Insights and future perspectives.

Yixin Zheng, Jianan Zhao, Yu Shan, Shicheng Guo, Steven J Schrodi, Dongyi He

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yixin ZhengDepartment of Rheumatology, Shanghai Guanghua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Jianan ZhaoDepartment of Rheumatology, Shanghai Guanghua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Yu ShanDepartment of Rheumatology, Shanghai Guanghua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Shicheng GuoCenter for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States.
Steven J SchrodiCenter for Human Genomics and Precision Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI, United States.
Dongyi HeDepartment of Rheumatology, Shanghai Guanghua Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Shanghai Guanghua Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine · CNShanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine · CNUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a complex autoimmune disease characterized by chronic inflammation that affects synovial tissues of multiple joints. Granzymes (Gzms) are serine proteases that are released into the immune synapse between cytotoxic lymphocytes and target cells. They enter target cells with the help of perforin to induce programmed cell death in inflammatory and tumor cells. Gzms may have a connection with RA. First, increased levels of Gzms have been found in the serum (GzmB), plasma (GzmA, GzmB), synovial fluid (GzmB, GzmM), and synovial tissue (GzmK) of patients with RA. Moreover, Gzms may contribute to inflammation by degrading the extracellular matrix and promoting cytokine release. They are thought to be involved in RA pathogenesis and have the potential to be used as biomarkers for RA diagnosis, although their exact role is yet to be fully elucidated. The purpose of this review was to summarize the current knowledge regarding the possible role of the granzyme family in RA, with the aim of providing a reference for future research on the mechanisms of RA and the development of new therapies.

Indexed as

Arthritis, RheumatoidAutoimmune DiseasesGranzymesHumansInflammationSynovial MembraneGranzymesapoptosisbiomarkergranzymesinflammationrheumatoid arthritis

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PMID36875082
PMCPMC9977805
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