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SUBMITTER: Bouta EM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5449211 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bouta Echoe M EM Kuzin Igor I de Mesy Bentley Karen K Wood Ronald W RW Rahimi Homaira H Ji Rui-Cheng RC Ritchlin Christopher T CT Bottaro Andrea A Xing Lianping L Schwarz Edward M EM
Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) 20170404 6
<h4>Objective</h4>Recent studies have demonstrated that there is an inverse relationship between lymphatic egress and inflammatory arthritis in affected joints. As a model, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-transgenic mice develop advanced arthritis following draining lymph node (LN) collapse, and loss of lymphatic contractions downstream of inflamed joints. It is unknown if these lymphatic deficits are reversible. This study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that anti-TNF therapy reduces advanced ...[more]