| Literature DB >> 28322585 |
Karen M Doody1, Nunzio Bottini2, Gary S Firestein2.
Abstract
Rheumatoid arthritis is an immune-mediated disease that primarily affects diarthrodial joints. Susceptibility and severity of this disease are influenced by nongenetic factors, such as environmental stress, suggesting an important role of epigenetic changes. In this review, we summarize the epigenetic changes (DNA methylation, histone modification and miRNA expression) in fibroblast-like synoviocytes, which are the joint-lining mesenchymal cells that play an important role in joint inflammation and damage. We also review the effects of these epigenetic changes on rheumatoid arthritis pathogenesis and discuss their therapeutic potential.Entities:
Keywords: epigenetics; fibroblast-like synoviocytes; histone; methylation; microRNA; rheumatoid arthritis
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28322585 PMCID: PMC5549652 DOI: 10.2217/epi-2016-0151
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Epigenomics ISSN: 1750-192X Impact factor: 4.778