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SUBMITTER: Ochi S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2040909 | biostudies-other | 2007 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Ochi Sae S Shinohara Masahiro M Sato Kojiro K Gober Hans-Jürgen HJ Koga Takako T Kodama Tatsuhiko T Takai Toshiyuki T Miyasaka Nobuyuki N Takayanagi Hiroshi H
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 20070625 27
Abnormal T cell immune responses induce aberrant expression of inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-alpha, leading to osteoclastmediated bone erosion and osteoporosis in autoimmune arthritis. However, the mechanism underlying enhanced osteoclastogenesis in arthritis is not completely understood. Here we show that TNF-alpha contributes to inflammatory bone loss by enhancing the osteoclastogenic potential of osteoclast precursor cells through inducing paired Ig-like receptor-A (PIR-A), a costimulato ...[more]