2018
Role of ADAMTS‐12 in Protecting Against Inflammatory Arthritis in Mice By Interacting With and Inactivating Proinflammatory Connective Tissue Growth Factor
Wei J, Fu W, Hettinghouse A, He W, Lipson K, Liu C. Role of ADAMTS‐12 in Protecting Against Inflammatory Arthritis in Mice By Interacting With and Inactivating Proinflammatory Connective Tissue Growth Factor. Arthritis & Rheumatology 2018, 70: 1745-1756. PMID: 29750395, PMCID: PMC6203634, DOI: 10.1002/art.40552.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConnective tissue growth factorCIA mouse modelADAMTS-12Inflammatory arthritisTissue growth factorMouse modelCollagen-induced arthritis modelGrowth factorRheumatoid arthritis developmentEnzyme-linked immunosorbentRA patientsArthritis developmentPannus formationSerum levelsCartilage destructionArthritis modelInflammatory cytokinesEnhanced osteoclastogenesisHealthy subjectsArthritisAnkle jointTomography scanningInflammationSusceptibility genesCritical regulator
2011
Progranulin: A promising therapeutic target for rheumatoid arthritis
Liu C. Progranulin: A promising therapeutic target for rheumatoid arthritis. FEBS Letters 2011, 585: 3675-3680. PMID: 21550343, PMCID: PMC3162080, DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2011.04.065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTNF receptorRheumatoid arthritisAntagonist of TNFαInflammatory arthritis modelPathogenesis of arthritisPromising therapeutic targetAutocrine growth factorNew therapeutic interventionsInflammatory arthritisArthritis modelInflammatory cytokinesArthritisTherapeutic targetTherapeutic interventionsProgranulinCell surface receptorsGrowth factorExtracellular matrix proteinsSurface receptorsReceptorsAtsttrinProteolytic enzymesMatrix proteinsInflammationCytokines