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SUBMITTER: Tang R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6587950 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tang Ruohui R Yi Jin J Yang Jing J Chen Yueqi Y Luo Wei W Dong Shiwu S Fei Jun J
Journal of cellular physiology 20181110 5
Excessive osteoclast formation is one of the important pathological features of inflammatory bone destruction. Interleukin-37 (IL-37) is an anti-inflammatory agent that is present throughout the body, but it displays low physiological retention. In our study, high levels of the IL-37 protein were detected in clinical specimens from patients with bone infections. However, the impact of IL-37 on osteoclast formation remains unclear. Next, IL-37 alleviated the inflammatory bone destruction in the m ...[more]