Successes and failures of chemokine-pathway targeting in rheumatoid arthritis

Z Szekanecz, AE Koch - Nature Reviews Rheumatology, 2016 - nature.com
Chemokines and chemokine receptors are involved in leukocyte recruitment and
angiogenesis underlying the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other …

The mechanisms underlying chronic inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis from the perspective of the epigenetic landscape

Y Araki, T Mimura - Journal of immunology research, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that is
characterized by synovial hyperplasia and progressive joint destruction. The activation of RA …

Inflammatory cell migration in rheumatoid arthritis: a comprehensive review

E Nevius, AC Gomes, JP Pereira - Clinical reviews in allergy & …, 2016 - Springer
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that primarily
affects the joints. Self-reactive B and T lymphocytes cooperate to promote antibody …

Prediction of treatment response to adalimumab: a double-blind placebo-controlled study of circulating microRNA in patients with early rheumatoid arthritis

SB Krintel, C Dehlendorff, ML Hetland… - The …, 2016 - nature.com
At least 30% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) do not respond to biologic agents,
which emphasizes the need of predictive biomarkers. We aimed to identify microRNAs …

Immunophenotyping of rheumatoid arthritis reveals a linkage between HLA-DRB1 genotype, CXCR4 expression on memory CD4+ T cells and disease activity

Y Nagafuchi, H Shoda, S Sumitomo, S Nakachi… - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune inflammatory disease that leads to
destructive arthritis. Although the HLA class II locus is the strongest genetic risk factor for …

Proteolytic processing of human serum albumin generates EPI-X4, an endogenous antagonist of CXCR4

O Zirafi, PC Hermann, J Münch - Journal of Leucocyte Biology, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The chemokine receptor CXCR4 is an important G protein-coupled receptor. Signaling via
CXCL12 regulates a number of important biologic processes, including immune responses …

Variants in CXCR4 associate with juvenile idiopathic arthritis susceptibility

TH Finkel, J Li, Z Wei, W Wang, H Zhang… - BMC medical …, 2016 - Springer
Background Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic rheumatic disease
among children, the etiology of which involves a strong genetic component, but much of the …

Molecular basis for the antagonistic activity of an anti-CXCR4 antibody

L Peng, MM Damschroder, KE Cook, H Wu… - MAbs, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Antagonistic antibodies targeting the G-protein CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR4) hold
promising therapeutic potential in various diseases. We report for the first time the detailed …

Peptide-derived mid-sized anti-HIV agents

N Ohashi, H Tamamura - 2016 - books.rsc.org
To date, several anti-human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) drugs such as reverse
transcriptase inhibitors, protease inhibitors and integrase inhibitors have been developed …

Rheumatoid arthritis-associated RBPJ polymorphism alters memory CD4+ T cells

W Orent, AR Mchenry, DA Rao, C White… - Human Molecular …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Notch signaling has recently emerged as an important regulator of immune responses in
autoimmune diseases. The recombination signal-binding protein for immunoglobulin kappa …