[As we have demonstrated previously that protein I/II, a pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP) from oral streptococci, triggers IL-6 and IL-8 gene expression and release from either THP-1 cells or fibroblast-like synoviocytes (FLSs), we next explored the capacity of protein I/II to induce the synthesis and release of IL-18 in THP-1 cells and in FLSs isolated from either RA or osteoarthritis (OA) patients.]. Sentence from MEDLINE/PubMed, a database of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
Gene-disease associations inferred from text-mining the literature.
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