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Chinese Journal of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics ›› 2011, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (8): 951-955.

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Relationship between PGE2,its correlation factors and TNF-α in rheumatoid arthritis and the regulation of drug

ZHANG Lei1, WEI Wei2   

  1. 1Pharmacy of the Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022,Anhui, China;
    2Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei 230022,Anhui, China
  • Received:2011-04-26 Revised:2011-08-05 Online:2011-08-26 Published:2011-09-07

Abstract: Rheumatoid arthritis(RA) is a common chronic, inflammatory, systematic autoimmunity disease.Tumor necrosis factor (TNF-α) and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) are major inflammatory mediators in RA.A lot of compounds are available to treat RA,but most of anti-rheumatic drugs only stay in controlling inflammation symptom and can't modify the progression of the disease, simultaneously accompany with severe side adverse effect.The article reviews the relationship between PGE2,its correlation factors and TNF-α in rheumatoid arthritis and the therapeutic effect of drugs on RA.

Key words: Rheumatoid arthritis, Tumor necrosis factor alpha, Prostaglandin E2

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