Methotrexate upregulates circadian transcriptional factors PAR bZIP to induce apoptosis on rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts

Abstract Background Effects of methotrexate (MTX) on the proliferation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) synovial fibroblasts are incompletely understood. We explored actions of MTX in view of circadian transcriptions of synovial fibroblasts. Methods Under treatment with MTX, expression of core circadian...

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Main Authors: Kohjin Suzuki, Kohsuke Yoshida, Takeshi Ueha, Kenta Kaneshiro, Ayako Nakai, Naonori Hashimoto, Koto Uchida, Teppei Hashimoto, Yoshiko Kawasaki, Nao Shibanuma, Natsuko Nakagawa, Yoshitada Sakai, Akira Hashiramoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:Arthritis Research & Therapy
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13075-018-1552-9