. . . . . . . . . . . . "[In this study, we propose a novel function for CD44 using synovial cells from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients and demonstrated that CD44 cross-linking augmented Fas expression and subsequent Fas-mediated apoptosis of the cells: 1) cross-linking of CD44 on RA synovial cells markedly augmented Fas expression and its mRNA transcription; 2) engagement of CD44 up-regulated Fas on the cells within 3 h, much more than IL-1beta and TNF-alpha did; 3) the Fas-mediated early apoptotic change of the cells was amplified by CD44 cross-linking; and 4) hyaluronan, especially when fragmented, also augmented Fas-mediated early apoptosis of the cells.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine."@en . . . . . "2014-02-25"^^ . . "Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature."@en . "DisGeNET evidence - LITERATURE"@en . "2014-10-02T12:39:05+02:00"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "v2.1.0.0" . "v2.1.0" .