Hollander A P, Atkins R M, Eastwood D M, Dieppe P A, Elson C J
Department of Pathology, University of Bristol, UK.
Ann Rheum Dis. 1991 Jan;50(1):57-8. doi: 10.1136/ard.50.1.57.
Synovial fluids from patients with rheumatoid arthritis and from patients with osteoarthritis degraded the matrix of living, but not killed, normal human cartilage as judged by loss of glycosaminoglycans. Normal human serum did not degrade living cartilage and neither, unexpectedly, did recombinant human cytokines.
根据糖胺聚糖的损失判断,类风湿性关节炎患者和骨关节炎患者的滑液会降解正常人类活软骨的基质,但不会杀死软骨。正常人类血清不会降解活软骨,出人意料的是,重组人细胞因子也不会。