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ARTHRITIS RESEARCH
Volume 2, Issue 4, Pages 245-248Publisher
BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
DOI: 10.1186/ar94
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interleukin-1; interleukin-1 receptor antagonist; rheumatoid arthritis; vasculitis
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Recent studies have described the spontaneous development of arthritis or vasculitis in IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) knockout mice bred on specific and different genetic backgrounds. The levels of both secreted and intracellular isoforms of IL-1Ra produced in the rheumatoid joint or in the arterial wall may not be adequate to effectively inhibit the excess amounts of locally produced IL-1. Thus, an imbalance between IL-1 and IL-1Ra may predispose to local inflammatory disease in particular tissues in the presence of other as yet unknown genetically influenced factors.
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