Gravallese Ellen M
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Institutes of Medicine, Room 241, 4 Blackfan Circle, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
J Clin Invest. 2003 Jul;112(2):147-9. doi: 10.1172/JCI19190.
The molecular mechanisms underlying the putative role of osteopontin in the chronic inflammatory disease rheumatoid arthritis are unclear. A study in a murine model of arthritis now demonstrates that a specific antibody directed against the exposed osteopontin epitope SLAYGLR is capable of preventing inflammatory cell infiltration in arthritic joints.
骨桥蛋白在慢性炎症性疾病类风湿关节炎中假定作用的潜在分子机制尚不清楚。目前一项针对关节炎小鼠模型的研究表明,一种针对暴露的骨桥蛋白表位SLAYGLR的特异性抗体能够防止炎性细胞浸润至关节炎关节中。