Lowin, Torsten

Glucocorticoids increase alpha5 integrin expression and adhesion of synovial fibroblasts but inhibit ERK signaling, migration, and cartilage invasion. [electronic resource] - Arthritis and rheumatism Dec 2009 - 3623-32 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

0004-3591

10.1002/art.24985 doi


Aged
Animals
Antibodies, Neutralizing--pharmacology
Cartilage, Articular--drug effects
Cell Movement--drug effects
Cells, Cultured
Estradiol--pharmacology
Extracellular Signal-Regulated MAP Kinases--antagonists & inhibitors
Female
Fibroblasts--drug effects
Gene Expression
Humans
Hydrocortisone--pharmacology
Integrin alpha5--genetics
Male
Mice
Mice, SCID
RNA Interference
RNA, Small Interfering--genetics
Signal Transduction--drug effects
Synovial Membrane--drug effects
Testosterone--pharmacology