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Abstract
The pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis and the mode of action of anti-rheumatic drugs are unknown. This hypothesis proposes that haemopoietic growth factors (colony stimulating factors [CSFs]) have an important role in rheumatoid arthritis as regulators of myelopoiesis and as activators of inflammatory leucocytes. It also suggests that slow-acting anti-rheumatic drugs may work by inhibiting myelopoiesis. This opposition to one of the actions of the CSFs would result in fewer inflammatory cells in the inflamed joints.Entities:
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Year: 1993 PMID: 8102674 DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(93)91653-4
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Lancet ISSN: 0140-6736 Impact factor: 79.321