PROBLEMS OF EPIGENOME IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that is a brilliant representative of the large family of autoimmune diseases remains to be, by and large, a disease that is far from being adequately investigated. This concerns the etiology and pathogenesis of the disease and effective approaches to its treatment. The rev...

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Main Author: V A Kozlov
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: IMA PRESS LLC 2011-06-01
Series:Научно-практическая ревматология
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Online Access:https://rsp.mediar-press.net/rsp/article/view/704
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description Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that is a brilliant representative of the large family of autoimmune diseases remains to be, by and large, a disease that is far from being adequately investigated. This concerns the etiology and pathogenesis of the disease and effective approaches to its treatment. The review gives the data available in the literature on the role of epigenomic mechanisms regulating the functioning of genes in both immunocompetent cells and synovial fibroblasts, the major targets of autoimmune cells. The presence of a few sources of hypomethylated DNA in RA patients suggests that these molecules make a considerable contribution to the pathogenesis of the disease. Furthermore, the found hypermethylation of certain genes, besides the pathogenetic value of this phenomenon, may be used to develop new approaches to treating RA, which are based on the demethylation processes of these genes.
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PROBLEMS OF EPIGENOME IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Научно-практическая ревматология
rheumatoid arthritis
fibroblastoid synoviocytes
epigenome
title PROBLEMS OF EPIGENOME IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
title_full PROBLEMS OF EPIGENOME IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
title_fullStr PROBLEMS OF EPIGENOME IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
title_full_unstemmed PROBLEMS OF EPIGENOME IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
title_short PROBLEMS OF EPIGENOME IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
title_sort problems of epigenome in rheumatoid arthritis
topic rheumatoid arthritis
fibroblastoid synoviocytes
epigenome
url https://rsp.mediar-press.net/rsp/article/view/704
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