Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

Author(s): Kazushi Imai, Tadashige Chiba, Genta Maeda and Masako Morikawa

DOI: 10.2174/1389557510909030318

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The Role of WNT in Rheumatoid Arthritis and its Therapeutic Implication

Page: [318 - 323] Pages: 6

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Abstract

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systematic inflammatory and intractable disease, which progressively affects multiple joints. Recent findings strongly suggest a key role of WNT signaling in the disease initiation and progression. In this review, we discuss the role and possibility of treatment by targeting WNT signaling.

Keywords: WNT, rheumatoid arthritis, FRP, β-catenin, synovium, matrix metalloproteinase