Anti-angiogenic effect of triptolide in rheumatoid arthritis by targeting angiogenic cascade.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by a pre-vascular seriously inflammatory phase, followed by a vascular phase with high increase in vessel growth. Since angiogenesis has been considered as an essential event in perpetuating inflammatory and immune responses, as well as supporting pannus gr...

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Main Authors: Xiangying Kong, Yanqiong Zhang, Chunfang Liu, Wei Guo, Xiangbin Li, Xiaohui Su, Hongye Wan, Yanqun Sun, Na Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3810371?pdf=render