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You are here: Home / Articles / Immune System Targeted for Research into New Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatments

Immune System Targeted for Research into New Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatments

March 20, 2017 • By Thomas R. Collins

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“We have here a very complex understanding of macrophages,” he said. “Everything is being hit at once, so it’s not a clearly an M1/M2 in vivo system. It’s really a complex set of pathways that are all being activated.”

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Thomas Collins is a freelance medical writer based in Florida.

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Filed Under: Meeting Reports, Rheumatoid Arthritis Tagged With: 2016 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting, American College of Rheumatology, IgG glycans, Immune System, macrophage, Pathogenesis, Research, Rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatology, T cell adhesion, TreatmentIssue: March 2017

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