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. 1983;3(4):183-6.
doi: 10.1007/BF00541598.

Self-associating IgG rheumatoid factors stimulate monocytes to release prostaglandins and mononuclear cell factor that stimulates collagenase and prostaglandin production by synovial cells

Self-associating IgG rheumatoid factors stimulate monocytes to release prostaglandins and mononuclear cell factor that stimulates collagenase and prostaglandin production by synovial cells

F A Nardella et al. Rheumatol Int. 1983.

Abstract

Self-associating IgG rheumatoid factors isolated from three patients with rheumatoid arthritis activated human monocytes to release prostaglandin E2 as well as a previously described mononuclear cell factor, which stimulates human synovial cells to release additional prostaglandin E2 and collagenase. Thus, the immune complexes composed of self-associating IgG rheumatoid factors can contribute to the processes that destroy cartilage and bone in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

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