Collagen-induced arthritis as a model for rheumatoid arthritis.

Collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) is an animal model of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that is widely used to address questions of disease pathogenesis and to validate therapeutic targets. Arthritis is normally induced in mice or rats by immunization with autologous or heterologous type II collagen in adj...

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Main Author: Williams, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2004
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description Collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) is an animal model of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that is widely used to address questions of disease pathogenesis and to validate therapeutic targets. Arthritis is normally induced in mice or rats by immunization with autologous or heterologous type II collagen in adjuvant. Susceptibility to collagen-induced arthritis is strongly associated with major histocompatibility complex class II genes, and the development of arthritis is accompanied by a robust T- and B-cell response to type II collagen. The chief pathological features of CIA include a proliferative synovitis with infiltration of polymorphonuclear and mononuclear cells, pannus formation, cartilage degradation, erosion of bone, and fibrosis. As in RA, pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor alpha(TNFalpha) and interleukin (IL)-1beta, are abundantly expressed in the arthritic joints of mice with CIA, and blockade of these molecules results in a reduction of disease severity.
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spelling oxford-uuid:0f2c743a-1057-4ef4-b8d6-4ef9214e58082022-03-26T09:49:53ZCollagen-induced arthritis as a model for rheumatoid arthritis.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:0f2c743a-1057-4ef4-b8d6-4ef9214e5808EnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2004Williams, RCollagen-induced arthritis (CIA) is an animal model of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) that is widely used to address questions of disease pathogenesis and to validate therapeutic targets. Arthritis is normally induced in mice or rats by immunization with autologous or heterologous type II collagen in adjuvant. Susceptibility to collagen-induced arthritis is strongly associated with major histocompatibility complex class II genes, and the development of arthritis is accompanied by a robust T- and B-cell response to type II collagen. The chief pathological features of CIA include a proliferative synovitis with infiltration of polymorphonuclear and mononuclear cells, pannus formation, cartilage degradation, erosion of bone, and fibrosis. As in RA, pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as tumor necrosis factor alpha(TNFalpha) and interleukin (IL)-1beta, are abundantly expressed in the arthritic joints of mice with CIA, and blockade of these molecules results in a reduction of disease severity.
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title Collagen-induced arthritis as a model for rheumatoid arthritis.
title_full Collagen-induced arthritis as a model for rheumatoid arthritis.
title_fullStr Collagen-induced arthritis as a model for rheumatoid arthritis.
title_full_unstemmed Collagen-induced arthritis as a model for rheumatoid arthritis.
title_short Collagen-induced arthritis as a model for rheumatoid arthritis.
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