Why does rheumatoid arthritis involve the joints?

N Engl J Med. 2007 Jun 7;356(23):2419-20. doi: 10.1056/NEJMcibr070846.

Author

Peter E Lipsky¹

Affiliation

¹ Autoimmunity Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.

PMID: 17554126
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcibr070846

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / pathology*
Arthritis, Rheumatoid / physiopathology
Cadherins / deficiency
Cadherins / physiology*
Cell Adhesion / physiology
Disease Models, Animal
Fibroblasts / physiology
Humans
Joints / immunology
Joints / pathology*
Joints / physiopathology
Mice
Synovial Membrane / cytology*
Synovial Membrane / pathology

Substances

Cadherins
osteoblast cadherin