Therapeutic Effect of Ergotope Peptides on Collagen-Induced Arthritis by Downregulation of inflammatory and Th1/Th17 Responses and Induction of Regulatory T Cells

• Main Authors: Xiaoyin Niu (Author), Shaohua Deng (Author), Shan Li (Author), Yebin Xi (Author), Chengzhen Li (Author), Li Wang (Author), Dongyi He (Author), Zhaojun Wang (Author), Guangjie Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease that results in a chronic and inflammatory disorder. Dynamic balance of helper T cells (Th) 1 and 17 and regulatory T cells (Treg) is broken in RA. Since there is no cure for RA at present, it is necessary to find a truly effective...