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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: tetsuya honda
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-2676 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
The Journal of experimental medicine 20060130 2
Prostaglandin (PG)I2 (prostacyclin [PGI]) and PGE2 are abundantly present in the synovial fluid of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. Although the role of PGE2 in RA has been well studied, how much PGI2 contributes to RA is little known. To examine this issue, we backcrossed mice lacking the PGI receptor (IP) to the DBA/1J strain and subjected them to collagen-induced arthritis (CIA). IP-deficient (IP-/-) mice exhibited significant reduction in arthritic scores compared with wild-type (WT) mice ...[more]