A potentially important mechanism for preventing future development of joint damage has been identified in a study of rheumatoid arthritis patients in Sweden.
Etanercept therapy down-regulates serum levels of matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-3 and MMP-1 in rheumatoid arthritis as well as the ratio between MMPs and their inhibitor, tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinases (TIMP)-1.
The MMPs are cytokine-modulated enzymes that play a key role in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) by inducing bone resorption and cartilage destruction. To evaluate the modulation of serum and synovial MMPs and TIMP-1, A. I. Catrina and colleagues from the Departments of Rheumatology at Karolinska Hospital and Huddinge Hospital, Stockholm used therapy with soluble tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-a receptor (etanercept).
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