Transition of healthy to diseased synovial tissue in rheumatoid arthritis is associated with gain of mesenchymal/fibrotic characteristics.

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Published in Arthritis Res Ther on January 01, 2006

Authors

Marjan M C Steenvoorden1, Tanja C A Tolboom, Gabri van der Pluijm, Clemens Löwik, Cornelis P J Visser, Jeroen DeGroot, Adriana C Gittenberger-DeGroot, Marco C DeRuiter, Bert J Wisse, Tom W J Huizinga, René E M Toes

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Albinusdreef 2, 2333 ZA Leiden, The Netherlands. marjan.steenvoorden@tno.nl

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