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ApoE deficiency exacerbates the development and sustainment of a semi-chronic K/BxN serum transfer-induced arthritis model

Overview of attention for article published in Journal of Translational Medicine, June 2016
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Title
ApoE deficiency exacerbates the development and sustainment of a semi-chronic K/BxN serum transfer-induced arthritis model
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Journal of Translational Medicine, June 2016
DOI 10.1186/s12967-016-0912-y
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Amy M. Archer, Rana Saber, Shawn Rose, Alexander Shaffer, Alexander V. Misharin, FuNien Tsai, G. Kenneth Haines III, Salina Dominguez, Mesut Eren, Douglas E. Vaughan, Carla M. Cuda, Harris Perlman

Abstract

The risk for developing cardiovascular disease is greater in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) than in the general population. While patients with RA also have dyslipidemia, the impact of dyslipidemia on the severity of inflammatory arthritis and associated cardiovascular disease is unclear. Currently, there are conflicting results regarding arthritis incidence in apolipoprotein E (ApoE) deficient mice, which spontaneously exhibit both hyperlipidemia and atherosclerosis. Here, we utilize a distinct approach to investigate the contribution of a hyperlipidemic environment on the development of arthritis and atherosclerosis in mice lacking ApoE. K/BxN serum transfer-induced arthritis (STIA) was assessed in C57BL/6 (control) and ApoE(-/-) mice using clinical indices and immunohistochemical staining. Ankle synoviums were processed for flow cytometry. Aortic atherosclerosis was quantitated using Sudan IV staining. Serum cholesterol and cytokine levels were determined via enzymatic and luminex bead-based assays, respectively. ApoE(-/-) mice developed a sustained and enhanced semi-chronic inflammatory arthritis as compared to control mice. ApoE(-/-) mice had increased numbers of foamy macrophages, enhanced joint inflammation and amplified collagen deposition versus controls. The presence of arthritis did not exacerbate serum cholesterol levels or significantly augment the level of atherosclerosis in ApoE(-/-) mice. However, arthritic ApoE(-/-) mice exhibited a marked elevation of IL-6 as compared to non-arthritic ApoE(-/-) mice and arthritic C57BL/6 mice. Loss of ApoE potentiates a semi-chronic inflammatory arthritis. This heightened inflammatory response was associated with an increase in circulating IL-6 and in the number of foamy macrophages within the joint. Moreover, the foamy macrophages within the arthritic joint are reminiscent of those within unstable atherosclerotic lesions and suggest a pathologic role for foamy macrophages in propagating arthritis.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Spain 1 3%
Sweden 1 3%
Unknown 32 94%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 5 15%
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 12%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 12%
Student > Bachelor 2 6%
Unspecified 2 6%
Other 7 21%
Unknown 10 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 4 12%
Medicine and Dentistry 3 9%
Engineering 3 9%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 2 6%
Nursing and Health Professions 2 6%
Other 9 26%
Unknown 11 32%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 September 2020.
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#6,391,115
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Outputs from Journal of Translational Medicine
#987
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#104,268
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Outputs of similar age from Journal of Translational Medicine
#25
of 116 outputs
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