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Rheumatoid arthritis

Microvascular clues to hemiplegia-induced asymmetric RA

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Patients with rheumatoid arthritis who are hemiplegic, and also mice with denervated hindpaws and experimentally-induced arthritis, can develop unilateral arthritis. But is a specific branch of the nervous system involved in this asymmetry, or does a lack of innervation alter the microvasculature and promote vascular impermeability?

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  1. Department of Biology, Albion College, 611 East Porter Street, Room 052 Putnam Hall, Albion, 49224, MI, USA

    Bradley J. Rabquer

  2. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, 4002 Calgary Court, Ann Arbor, 48108, MI, USA

    Alisa E. Koch

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A.E.K declares that she is a Senior Medical Fellow at Eli Lilly and Company. B.J.R. declares no competing interests.

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Rabquer, B., Koch, A. Microvascular clues to hemiplegia-induced asymmetric RA. Nat Rev Rheumatol 10, 701–702 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nrrheum.2014.159

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